title: Left ventricular free wall rupture subsequent to early myocardial reinfarction after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography.
abstract: Left ventricular free wall rupture is a rare complication of acute myocardial infarction. Scarcely has a cardiac rupture subsequent to early reinfarction been reported. A left ventricular free wall rupture subsequent to reinfarction after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography in a 78-year-old female is herein described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Shi-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Amihay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinfeld
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raanani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence