Conservative Treatment for Right Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in a Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Mohd Al-Baqlish Mohd Firdaus; Nur Syahirah Abdul Rahim; Nurtasneem Rusdi; Nor Saadah Idris; Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Said; Imran Zainal Abidin

doi:10.1155/2020/8836627

Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2020)

Conservative Treatment for Right Ventricular Free Wall Rupture in a Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Mohd Al-Baqlish Mohd Firdaus,
Nur Syahirah Abdul Rahim,
Nurtasneem Rusdi,
Nor Saadah Idris,
Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Said,
Imran Zainal Abidin

Affiliations

Mohd Al-Baqlish Mohd Firdaus: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nur Syahirah Abdul Rahim: Department of Internal Medicine, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Nurtasneem Rusdi: Department of Internal Medicine, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Nor Saadah Idris: Department of Radiology, University Malaya Medical Centre, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Said: Department of Internal Medicine, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Imran Zainal Abidin: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8836627
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2020

Abstract

Read online

Ventricular wall rupture possesses a high mortality rate in patients with acute myocardial infarction. We presented a case of a ninety-year-old gentleman who presented with acute inferolateral myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock and right ventricular free wall rupture. He was treated conservatively and survived.

Published in Case Reports in Cardiology

ISSN: 2090-6404 (Print); 2090-6412 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4208

About the journal