Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of ventricular septal rupture secondary to acute myocardial infarction

Am J Cardiol. 1993 Feb 1;71(4):367-70. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90814-s.

Authors

R S Ballal¹, R S Sanyal, N C Nanda, E F Mahan 3rd

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-6846.

PMID: 8427191
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90814-s

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Doppler / instrumentation
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Esophagus
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery
Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Septum / surgery
Humans
Intraoperative Care