title: Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic delineation of ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction.
abstract: We present an elderly patient with ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction in whom live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography allowed comprehensive noninvasive assessment of the location, shape, and size of the septal defect, which could be clearly visualized en face from both left and right ventricular aspects.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vengala
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mehmood
authors.forename: Harvinder S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Dod
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*