Frequency of left ventricular free-wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty.
A total of 590 patients with myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty were studied, to assess the incidence and related factors of free-wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction when treated with primary angioplasty. The incidence of free-wall rupture was 2.2% (13 patients); this incidence was higher in patients >65 years old, women, nonsmokers, as well as in those with anterior location and an initial TIMI grade 0 flow, but it was similar in patients with a successful or unsuccessful angiographic result.
Moreno
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Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
López de Sá
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E
López-Sendón
J L
JL
García
E
E
Soriano
J
J
Abeytua
M
M
Elízaga
J
J
Botas
J
J
Rubio
R
R
Moreno
M
M
García-Fernández
M A
MA
Delcán
J L
JL
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors