title: Left ventricular free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction--a spectrum of severity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rooke
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Kharasch
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed