Post inferior myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture.
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.
Trippi
J A
JA
Pitts
D E
DE
Fehrenbacher
J W
JW
Halbrook
H G
HG
Siderys
H
H
Storer
W R
WR
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