Left ventricular free wall rupture during coronary intervention after acute myocardial infarction: report of two cases exhibiting fatal pseudocomplications.
Two cases of left ventricular free wall rupture occurring in temporal relation to interventional coronary procedures are presented as autopsy-verified pseudocomplications. The possible impact of pseudocomplications on operator-specific registry data and credentialing is briefly discussed.
Papaleo
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Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, New York 12208, USA.
Depowski
P L
PL
Dincer
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Houghton
J L
JL
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*