VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE POST-ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A UNIQUE CLINICAL CONUNDRUM

Authors :: David Spielvogel
Howard A. Cooper
Alan Gass
Behram P. Mody
Mohammed Hasan Khan
Masashi Kai
Yogita Rochlani
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A2394
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: Late presentation of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may be associated with complications such as cardiogenic shock (CS) and ventricular septal rupture (VSR). A 63 year old man presented several days after chest pain with an AMI complicated by CS, VSR and multiorgan failure. Coronary angiography

Subjects :: Coronary angiography
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Cardiogenic shock
Chest pain
medicine.disease
Multiorgan failure
Ventricular Septal Rupture
Late presentation
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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