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Images in cardiology: left ventricular free wall rupture
C A Rinaldi1, J F Coutts, G Jackson
1Cardiothoracic Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
International Journal of Clinical Practice
|June 16, 2001
Abstract:
Left ventricular free wall rupture is thought to account for approximately 15% of deaths following acute myocardial infarction (MI). We present a case of left ventricular free wall rupture in a 64-year-old man following a lateral MI. The diagnosis was made with 2D and colour flow Doppler echocardiography. Unfortunately the patient died before emergency surgery could be performed.