[Pseudoaneurysm of the right ventricle and rupture of the interventricular septum during the acute phase of myocardial infarct: diagnosis by color Doppler echocardiography].
The authors describe the association of a right ventricular pseudoaneurysm and ventricular septal rupture at the onset of an acute inferior and right myocardial infarction. The patient, a 84-year-old man, presented with cardiogenic shock and died within a few hours with electromechanical dissociation. The diagnosis was made by Echo-color flow mapping and confirmed at autopsy. The authors point out the singleness of such association and the diagnostic value of Echo-Doppler in the early assessment of the mechanical complications of myocardial infarction.
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milano.
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Casazza
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Bongarzoni
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Malaspina
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Boeri
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology
Pseudoaneurisma del ventricolo destro e rottura del setto interventricolare nella fase acuta di un infarto miocardico: diagnosi con eco color-Doppler.