Ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction.
Ventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of acute myocardial infarction with important hemodynamic consequences. Spontaneous closure is extremely rare. Without a rapid diagnosis and correction by surgical intervention, the short-term mortality of these patients is higher than 90%. We report the case of a patient with acute myocardial infarction and a ventricular septal rupture that was partially closed by the formation of a thrombus. Early diagnosis was obtained in the emergency room, based on clinical examination and transthoracic echocardiography.
Donoiu
Ionut
I
Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova Cardiology Center, Craiova, Romania. i.donoiu@gmail.com
Istratoaie
Octavian
O
Ionescu
Dan-Dominic
DD
D000368:Aged; D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*