title: Acute ventricular rupture due to myocardial infarction during postpartum period.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dicle University Medicine Faculty, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. aendertopal61@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Askin Ender
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Topal
authors.forename: Mehmet Nesimi
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Eren
mesh_terms: 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