Interventricular septum and free wall rupture in a patient with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A lethal combination

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2019 Sep-Oct;60(5):341-343. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.05.002. Epub 2019 May 30.

Authors

Iosif Xenogiannis¹, Ivan Chavez¹, Allison B Hall¹, Emmanouil S Brilakis²

Affiliations

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
² Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: esbrilakis@gmail.com.

PMID: 31153998
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2019.05.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Free wall rupture; Interventricular septal rupture; Myocardial infarction complications.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

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Coronary Angiography
Echocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Ventricular Septum