title: Ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova Cardiology Center, Craiova, Romania. i.donoiu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ionut
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Donoiu
authors.forename: Octavian
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Istratoaie
authors.forename: Dan-Dominic
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Ionescu
mesh_terms: 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*