A rare clinical entity: ventricular septal rupture with right ventricular wall dissection after inferior myocardial infarction.
Right ventricular wall dissection following ventricular septal rupture related to inferior myocardial infarction has been reported in a few cases. In most of the cases, right ventricular wall dissection was diagnosed in postmortem studies. Herein, we present a 68-year-old man who had a ventricular septal rupture with right ventricular wall dissection after inferior myocardial infarction. Early recognition of this complication with bedside transthoracic echocardiography and prompt surgical repair are key to achieving survival in these patients.
Ari
Hasan
H
Department of Cardiology, Bursa Postgraduate Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. hasanari03@yahoo.com
Tiryakioglu
Osman
O
Ari
Selma
S
Bozat
Tahsin
T
Koca
Vedat
V
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012086:Reoperation; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery