A Case of Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicated by Postoperative Septal Rupture

Kara F. Morton, MD; Usman A. Hasnie, MD; Darryl Prime, MD; Sasha A. Still, MD; Samuel McElwee, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2023)

A Case of Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicated by Postoperative Septal Rupture

Kara F. Morton, MD,
Usman A. Hasnie, MD,
Darryl Prime, MD,
Sasha A. Still, MD,
Samuel McElwee, MD

Affiliations

Kara F. Morton, MD: Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Kara Morton, Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program BDB 327, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0012, USA.
Usman A. Hasnie, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Darryl Prime, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Sasha A. Still, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Samuel McElwee, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
p. 101996

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We present the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with a post–myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture caused by a delayed presentation of myocardial infarction. Despite revascularization, hemodynamic stability, and a 10-day delay until operative management to allow for tissue healing, the patient experienced a fatal recurrent postoperative ventricular septal rupture. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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