Postinfarction acute aortic valve regurgitation and cardiac rupture.
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.
Chamberlain
M H
MH
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.
Nashef
S A
SA
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