Ventricular free wall rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. In some cases it can be represented as subacute clinic and may not cause death in a few minutes. Acute pseudo-aneurysms are extremely unstable and bound to fatal rupture. Herein we report a male patient who suffered dyspnea and mild chest pain, 4 weeks after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Keywords:
Heart Rupture; Myocardial Infarction - Surgery
| Abbreviations, acronyms & symbols | |
|---|---|
| AMI | = Acute myocardial infarction |
| CPB | = Cardiopulmonary bypass |
| ECG | = Electrocardiogram |
| LVEF | = Left ventricular ejection fraction |
| LVFWR | = Left ventricular free wall rupture |
| MI | = Myocardial infarction |
| STEMI | = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction |
| VFWR | = Ventricular free wall rupture |
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| KKO | Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; final approval of the version to be published |
| FT | Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be published |
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