title: Left ventricular rupture following myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase: successful resuscitation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory using pericardiocentesis and autotransfusion.
abstract: An 80-year-old female developed left ventricular rupture in the cardiac catheterization laboratory following myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase. The patient was resuscitated using pericardiocentesis and autotransfusion. This technique and the predisposing factors for left ventricular rupture are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center/Phoenix Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cardiology Fellowship Program, AZ 85062-2989.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Proli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Laufer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000628:therapy*; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy; D011677:Punctures; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase