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- Title
Apical Ventricular Septal Rupture After Subacute Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
- Authors
ERTAŞ, Gökhan; ÇETİNKAYA, Ahmet Seçkin; TAŞLIGİL, Saadettin
- Abstract
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare but serious mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). Seen with anterior or inferior MI, it carries a poor prognosis. Anterior MI is associated with rupture of the apical septum, in inferior MI, it often occurs at the base of the heart. Spontaneous closure is very rare. VSR is fatal in almost all cases without early surgical intervention. We present a 67-year-old female patient with sub-acute anterior MI, which was complicated by a rupture of the apical ventricular septum. Our case illustrates the typical risk factors of VSR: an extensive acute MI, hypertension, non-smoking woman, with no history of angina.
- Publication
Duzce Medical Journal, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 3, p54
- ISSN
1307-671X
- Publication type
Article