title: Embolic myocardial infarction and left ventricular rupture due to mitral valve endocarditis.
abstract: A left ventricular rupture due to embolic myocardial infarction is extremely rare. A 72-year-old woman developed an acute embolic myocardial infarction and mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis. Two days after the infarction, a left ventricular free wall rupture occurred after transesophageal echo examination. She received an epicardial patch and mitral valve replacement. Perioperatively, an intra-aortic balloon pump and long-term antibiotics were used. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she is doing well 10 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chihara
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: Kei-Ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D034365:Streptococcus constellatus; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery