title: Frequency of collateral blood flow in the infarct-related coronary artery in rupture of the ventricular septum after acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Patients with postinfarction ventricular septal rupture have poor residual or collateral blood flow in the infarct artery and do not benefit from ischemic preconditioning. This suggests that rupture of the ventricular septum occurs on an unprotected and unprepared myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland. rene.pretre@chi.usz.ch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prêtre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rickli
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benedikt
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*