title: Septal rupture with right ventricular wall dissecting haematoma communicating with left ventricle after inferior myocardial infarction.
abstract: We report the case of an 86-year-old man referred for abdominal pain and ECG signs of inferior myocardial infarction. Transthoracic, transoesophageal and contrast echocardiographs showed a septal intra-mural haematoma, dissecting the right ventricle wall and partially obliterating the right ventricle lumen. A patent communication with left ventricle with extensive wall thrombosis was present at Doppler examination within dissecting haematoma. Although the patient refused any surgical treatment, a 3-month follow-up was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, 'San Giacomo' Hospital, Monopoli, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Gennaro
authors.forename: Natale Daniele
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Brunetti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramunni
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Buquicchio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corriero
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Tommasi
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troccoli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Biase
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boscia
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media