title: Echocardiography allows early detection and long-term survival after infarct free wall rupture.
abstract: Approximately one third of free wall infarct ruptures are subacute and theoretically accessible for surgery. Two-dimensional echocardiography is an important tool in the early diagnosis of cardiac rupture. We report the successful treatment of a 74-year-old woman with subacute free wall rupture, who is still alive 3 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kungälv Hospital.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Guron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartford
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Caidahl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors