title: Ventricular rupture during coronary angioplasty for acute reinfarction.
abstract: Ventricular rupture following acute myocardial infarction usually leads to hemopericardium and death from cardiac tamponade. We describe a patient who had cardiac rupture during direct angioplasty for reinfarction 3 days following an acute anterior myocardial infarction. In this instance, ventricular rupture presented as a severe form of reperfusion injury. The current literature on reperfusion injury and risk factors for cardiac rupture are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Carere
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence