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Subacute Rupture of the Free Left Ventricular Wall Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Successful Surgery in a Case [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1990; 18(2): 133-135

Subacute Rupture of the Free Left Ventricular Wall Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Successful Surgery in a Case

Atiye ÇENGEL1, Mehmet METİN1, Mehmet ALKAN1, Ali YENER1, Övsev DÖRTLEMEZ1, Halis DÖRTLEMEZ1

Free left ventricular wall rupture following acute myocardial infarction usually results in cardiac tamponade and sudden death. Occasionally, the bleeding to the pericardial sac is arrested by the surrounding pericardial tissue causing a pseudoaneurysm formation. The case herein reported presented with a refractory pericardial effusion, one month after an anterior myocardial infarction. While echocardiography failed to reveal a pseudoaneurysm or to localize a rupture, cineventriculography disclosed the diagnosis of a minimal rupture from the left ventricular free wall. The patient was successfully treated by surgery.

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction, left ventricular rupture

How to cite this article
Atiye ÇENGEL, Mehmet METİN, Mehmet ALKAN, Ali YENER, Övsev DÖRTLEMEZ, Halis DÖRTLEMEZ. Subacute Rupture of the Free Left Ventricular Wall Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Successful Surgery in a Case. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1990; 18(2): 133-135
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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