title: Ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction. Detection by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Acute rupture of the interventricular septum is a relatively unusual complication following acute myocardial infarction. The echocardiographic features depicted by transthoracic echocardiography are well described. However, transesophageal echocardiographic description of a ruptured septum has not been previously reported. This brief report illustrates the transesophageal features of such a defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642-8679.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harpaz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Bezante
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Meltzer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male