[A case of perforation of the interventricular septum with free wall rupture, in the acute phase of myocardial infarct, successfully treated with surgery].
The authors present a case of interventricular septal rupture with left ventricular free wall rupture post acute myocardial infarction operated on the third day after the onset of symptoms, by enfartectomy and application of a septal patch. Then, they compare this case with four cases referred in the literature, discussing the different and similar points between them. They emphasize the good results of this kind of surgery, but they also remark the need of an early diagnosis and surgery in these patients.
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Serviço do Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Hospital de Santa Maria.
Perdigão
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Cravino
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Guimarães
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Dantas
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D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans
Um caso de perfuração do septo interventricular com rotura da parede livre, na fase aguda do enfarte do miocárdio, operado com sucesso.