title: Post inferior myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture.
abstract: Mortality from ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction (MI) is high. Ventricular septal rupture after inferior MI is particularly associated with a high risk because of difficulty in diagnosis and surgical approach. These three case reports show how diagnosis and correction can be expedited by emergency transportation and color-flow echo-Doppler cardiography. Prompt ventricular septal repair can provide excellent survival and rehabilitation potential.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Trippi
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fehrenbacher
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Halbrook
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siderys
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Storer
mesh_terms: D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors