Images in cardiology: left ventricular free wall rupture.
Left ventricular free wall rupture is thought to account for approximately 15% of deaths following acute myocardial infarction (MI). We present a case of left ventricular free wall rupture in a 64-year-old man following a lateral MI. The diagnosis was made with 2D and colour flow Doppler echocardiography. Unfortunately the patient died before emergency surgery could be performed.
Rinaldi
C A
CA
Cardiothoracic Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Coutts
J F
JF
Jackson
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D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged