Cardiac rupture in embolic myocardial infarction after implantation of a valved aortic conduit.
We report a case of an apical myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular wall rupture due to coronary artery embolism four years after surgery of an acute type A dissection of an aortic aneurysm with implantation of a valved aortic conduit.
Lamm
G
G
Department of Cardiology, General Hospital Wels, Austria. gudrun.lamm@klinikum-wels.at
Auer
J
J
Maurer
E
E
Hartl
P
P
Eber
B
B
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001021:Aortic Valve; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
D000925:Anticoagulants