[A case of rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle occurring at a district hospital. The problems of communication with heart surgery centers].
This is a report of an acute myocardial infarction complicated with rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle. Some comments concerning diagnosis and therapy are added, with emphasis in the correct communication of community hospitals with the centers of cardiac surgery.
Rabaçal
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Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Distrital de Vila Franca de Xira.
Linder
J
J
Carvalho
E
E
Fragata
J
J
Pereira
D
D
Afonso
J S
JS
Fernandes
J S
JS
D000368:Aged; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D011174:Portugal
Um caso de rotura da parede livre do ventrículo esquerdo ocorrido em hospital distrital. Problemas de articulação com os centros de cirurgia cardíaca.