title: Acute inferior myocardial infarction complicated by rupture into the coronary sinus: diagnosis by two-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: Ventricular rupture is a catastrophic, often fatal complication of myocardial infarction. We present a unique case of left ventricular rupture into the coronary sinus that was diagnosed by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography in a patient with a recent inferior myocardial infarction. The echocardiographic findings essential to diagnosis were subsequently confirmed at autopsy and are reviewed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Byrd
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*