title: Pathogenesis of a double rupture (septal and free wall rupture) after acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Rupture of both the ventricular septum and free wall (double rupture) is an unusual and, typically fatal, post-myocardial infarction complication. We report here the sequence of events leading to the formation of a double rupture.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Haskel
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Perez