title: Postinfarction acute aortic valve regurgitation and cardiac rupture.
abstract: We report the case of a 71-year-old man who developed acute aortic regurgitation after a myocardial infarct. At operation he was also found to have a contained cardiac rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nashef
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery