title: Immediate primary transcatheter closure of left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction.
abstract: Left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction (MI) is an infrequent but fatal complication that occurs especially during the 1st week of MI. Emergency surgical intervention is essential but conveys significant operative mortality. Most of the patients die before they reach the operating room. We present a case of percutaneous left ventricular free wall rupture closure complicating acute inferior MI to bridge the time until the patient can be transferred to the surgical department and subjected to surgery.
authors.affiliation: Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey. bulentvatan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vatan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gunduz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications