Postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture as a potentially fatal complication: when time is the best medicine

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 9;13(9):e237648. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237648.

Authors

Isabel Durães Campos^{1

2}, Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz², Matteo Pozzi³, Ahmad Hayek²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal isabelcdcampos@gmail.com.
² Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France.
³ Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: adult intensive care; cardiothoracic surgery; ischaemic heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Balloon Occlusion
Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Echocardiography
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnosis
Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology
Ventricular Septal Rupture / surgery*
Ventricular Septum / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Septum / surgery*