Three Different Coexisting Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction Detected by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography.
An aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, and interventricular septal rupture were detected by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in a 61-year-old man with anterior myocardial infarction. This case illustrates the value of these techniques in the assessment of mechanical complications associated with myocardial infarction.
Espinola-Zavaleta
Nilda
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Department of Echocardiography, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No. 1, Sección XVI, 14080 Mexico, D.F.
Vargas-Barrón
Jesus
J
Romero-Cardenas
Angel
A
Gonzalez-Sanchez
Sadia
S
Lopez-Soriano
Fernando
F
Rijlaarsdam
Maria
M
Keirns
Candace
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