[Use of 2-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of interventricular septum rupture following myocardial infarction].
Interventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of the acute myocardial infarction. We report a case with rupture 4 weeks after diaphragmatic wall necrosis. The patient developed heart failure, precordial murmur and clinical signs of left-to-right shunt. The septal rupture was detected by two-dimensional echocardiogram and confirmed by catheterization. The surgical correction of the defect, was successful.
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications
Valor del ecocardiograma bidimensional en el diagnóstico de la ruptura del septum interventricular post-infarto del miocardio.