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[A case of ventricular free wall rupture in acute myocardial infarction treated conservatively with success]
J Kochanowski1, J Stanisławska, G Opolski
1Kliniki Kardiologii Instytutu Chorób Wewnetrznych AM w Warszawie.
Kardiologia Polska
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A sixty year old man developed clinical signs of pericardial tamponade on fifth day of acute myocardial infarction. An echocardiogram showed a pericardial effusion and rupture of left ventricular free wall. After pericardial puncture and four days pericardial drainage, the fissure of rupture was closed by formation of thrombus and pseudoaneurysm. After six weeks patient was discharged in good condition.