title: [Survival after recurrent left ventricular free wall rupture, with an atypical occurrence after post-infarction exercise test].
abstract: Left ventricular free wall rupture is an unusual but highly lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction. We report on the extremely rare occurrence of a patient surviving two episodes of free wall rupture within a seven-month period. The first event happened in the course of an exercise testing after a seemingly uncomplicated inferior acute myocardial infarction; the second, seven months after the first, as a pseudoaneurysm in the setting of a new inferior wall infarction. Surgical repair was successful in both instances, with patient remaining asymptomatic in follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Son Dureta, Spain.
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ripoll Vera
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández Palomeque
authors.forename: José F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Forteza
authors.forename: Oriol
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bonnín
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bethencourt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005080:Exercise Test; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D017741:Survivors
vernacular_title: Supervivencia a rotura cardíaca recurrente de pared libre ventricular izquierda, con presentación atípica tras ergometría postinfarto.