title: [Early interventricular septum rupture after systemic thrombolysis in a patient with STEMI].
abstract: Intraventricular septal rupture (ISR) is one of the most dreadful complications during AMI, requiring early diagnosis and urgent surgery. However, medical (90%) and surgical (50%) mortality remain elevated. We report a case of a 59 years old patient with infero-posterior AMI complicated by ISR after thrombolysis. Despite early recognition of this complication by trans-thoracic echocardiography at bedside and prompt surgical intervention the patient died on the second post-surgical day.
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. di Cardiologia, Fondazione Evangelica Betania, Napoli, Italy. maglion.ant@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maglione
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forni
authors.forename: Biagio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liccardo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corrado
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Gregorio
authors.forename: Jolanda
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerino
authors.forename: Michelina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pacileo
authors.forename: Nicolino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy