title: Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Left ventricular free wall rupture is a frequent catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and occurs in 1-3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction; it is the third most common cause of death caused by acute myocardial infarction, too.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe acute left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction in a 60-year-old man. He was survived after urgent surgical intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The long-term survivors of free wall rupture repair have not been extensively reported; early diagnosis is very critical and immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosseinzadeh-Maleki
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
authors.forename: Niloufar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Valizadeh
authors.affiliation: Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
authors.forename: Niloofar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rafatpanah
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moezi
keywords: Free Wall Rupture; Left Ventricle; Myocardial Infarction