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Salvagable free wall rupture of the left ventricle
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre, Singapore 168752. mcgreorge88@hotmail.com
Singapore Medical Journal
|April 16, 2003
Abstract:
Free wall rupture of the left ventricle remains a lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction. Nevertheless, where it presents subacutely with tamponade, salvage with a good outcome is still possible with timely pericardiocentesis preceding definitive repair using a sutureless technique.