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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