Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction

Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction

A 77-year-old man, with a recent history of an acute inferior myocardial infarction, was referred to our hospital with echocardiographic and clinical signs of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). The intraoperative finding demonstrated a huge double LVFWR. The inferoposterior wall was dramati...

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Main Authors: Francesco Formica, Silvia Mariani, Orazio Ferro, Giovanni Paolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/691971
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spelling doaj-d48f7b8c743049128f38ad1c816ca5932020-11-25T00:50:24ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122013-01-01201310.1155/2013/691971691971Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial InfarctionFrancesco Formica0Silvia Mariani1Orazio Ferro2Giovanni Paolini3Cardiac Surgery Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, ItalyCardiac Surgery Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, ItalyCardiac Surgery Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, ItalyCardiac Surgery Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, ItalyA 77-year-old man, with a recent history of an acute inferior myocardial infarction, was referred to our hospital with echocardiographic and clinical signs of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). The intraoperative finding demonstrated a huge double LVFWR. The inferoposterior wall was dramatically destroyed without any possibility to repair.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/691971
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author Francesco Formica
Silvia Mariani
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Giovanni Paolini
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Orazio Ferro
Giovanni Paolini
Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
Case Reports in Cardiology
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Silvia Mariani
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title Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
title_short Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
title_full Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
title_fullStr Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
title_full_unstemmed Fatal Huge Left Free Wall Ventricular Rupture after Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction
title_sort fatal huge left free wall ventricular rupture after acute posterior myocardial infarction
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Cardiology
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2090-6412
publishDate 2013-01-01
description A 77-year-old man, with a recent history of an acute inferior myocardial infarction, was referred to our hospital with echocardiographic and clinical signs of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). The intraoperative finding demonstrated a huge double LVFWR. The inferoposterior wall was dramatically destroyed without any possibility to repair.
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