Complementary role of two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of left ventricular free-wall rupture.
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.
Taylor
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.
Chan
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Higginson
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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