Ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction. Detection by transesophageal echocardiography.
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.
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642-8679.
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Bezante
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D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male