Echocardiography allows early detection and long-term survival after infarct free wall rupture.
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.
Guron
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Department of Medicine, Kungälv Hospital.
Hagman
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M
Hartford
M
M
Svensson
S
S
Caidahl
K
K
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