Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2731614 | Cor et Vasa | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Ventricular septal rupture is a serious mechanical complication of myocardial infarction with important hemodynamic consequences. Without a rapid diagnosis and correction by surgical intervention, the short-term mortality of these patients is higher than 90%. We report the case of a patient with acute inferior myocardial infarction and a ventricular septal rupture with early diagnosis based on clinical examination and transthoracic echocardiography and postponed successful surgical correction.
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Authors
Ondřej Bolek, Martin Hutyra, Markéta Kaletová, Jiří Ostřanský, Marcela Škvařilová, František Kováčik, Jan Přeček, Marie Černá, Martin Köcher, Zbyněk Tűdös, Vladimír Lonský, Petr Šantavý, Miloš Táborský,