Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10021755 | The Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Although post-infarction mortality is most often due to ventricular dysrhythmias, the non-dysrhythmic causes of post-myocardial infarction death present a potential dilemma to the clinician. Non-dysrhythmic hemodynamic complications include cardiogenic shock, left ventricular free wall rupture, rupture of the interventricular septum, papillary muscle rupture, left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, and acute stroke. We present a rare case of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting with altered mental status, ultimately suspected to have caused the thromboembolic complications of acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident.
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Authors
Dolores R. DO, Joel MD, Paul B. MD, John J. DO,