Acute ventricular rupture due to myocardial infarction during postpartum period.
Ventricular rupture is the third most common cause of deaths due to myocardial infarction. However, myocardial infarction is uncommon during pregnancy and postpartum period. We review a case with left ventricular rupture as a complication of myocardial infarction during postpartum period.
Topal
Askin Ender
AE
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dicle University Medicine Faculty, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. aendertopal61@hotmail.com
Eren
Mehmet Nesimi
MN
D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors