title: Complementary role of two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of left ventricular free-wall rupture.
abstract: We describe a case of left ventricular free-wall rupture of the heart in which the use of two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography provided the diagnosis. The echocardiographic findings in this condition are discussed and a previously unreported finding is described.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Higginson
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged