Left ventricular oozing rupture following acute myocardial infarction.
We describe the case of an 85-year-old woman in whom pericardiocentesis, prolonged bed rest and blood pressure control were performed without surgery to successfully treat an oozing-type myocardial rupture due to myocardial infarction.
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University Medical School, Fukuoka.
Daizaburo
D
Yanagi
Kazuyuki
K
Shirai
Tadaaki
T
Arimura
Naoko
N
Saito
Chiharu
C
Mitsutake
Ryoko
R
Mitsutake
Satoru
S
Hida
Atsushi
A
Iwata
Hiroaki
H
Nishikawa
Akira
A
Kawamura
Shin-ichiro
S
Miura
Keijiro
K
Saku
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001510:Bed Rest; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D020519:Pericardiocentesis
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents