Timing of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction and its relation to thrombolytic therapy.
The clinical and treatment characteristics of 71 patients who had acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture were assessed retrospectively. A history of hypertension was strongly associated with "early" septal rupture (p < 0.001); other clinical and treatment characteristics, including the use and timing of thrombolytic therapy, were not.
Department of Internal Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors