title: Left ventricular rupture in an anterior wall acute myocardial infarction with severe intra-ventricular gradient.
abstract: We report the case of a 72-year-old man with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction and severe intra-ventricular gradient (>40 mmHg), who died with left ventricular rupture (LVR). We postulate that severe intra-ventricular gradient detectable at admission may be related to subsequent LVR and proposed as a risk factor for LVR.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto 1, 71100, Foggia FG, Italy. nd.brunetti@unifg.it
authors.forename: Natale Daniele
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Brunetti
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ieva
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Correale
authors.forename: Luigi Flavio Massimiliano
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Gennaro
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Biase
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography