Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh-Maleki; Niloufar Valizadeh; Niloofar Rafatpanah; Seyed Ali Moezi

ARYA Atherosclerosis (Oct 2015)

Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh-Maleki,
Niloufar Valizadeh,
Niloofar Rafatpanah,
Seyed Ali Moezi

Affiliations

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh-Maleki: Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Niloufar Valizadeh: Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Niloofar Rafatpanah: Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Seyed Ali Moezi: Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 310 – 313

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BACKGROUND: Left ventricular free wall rupture is a frequent catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and occurs in 1-3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction; it is the third most common cause of death caused by acute myocardial infarction, too. CASE REPORT: We describe acute left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction in a 60-year-old man. He was survived after urgent surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: The long-term survivors of free wall rupture repair have not been extensively reported; early diagnosis is very critical and immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice.

Myocardial Infarction, Free Wall Rupture, Left Ventricle

Published in ARYA Atherosclerosis

ISSN: 1735-3955 (Print); 2251-6638 (Online)
Publisher: Vesnu Publications
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: http://arya.mui.ac.ir

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