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Primary Outcome Assessment in a Pig Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published on: October 14, 2016
Acute left ventricular rupture following posterior wall myocardial infarction
Chi-Ming Huang1, Li-Wei Chen, Sung-Hao Huang
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. cechiang@vghtpe.gov.tw
Abstract:
Free wall rupture, the most fearful complication of myocardial infarction, mostly attacks anterior walls. Acute rupture is characterized by rapid development of mechanical arrest accompanied with bradyarrhythmia or electromechanical dissociation. The majority of patients succumb to death as the result of cardiac tamponade. Risk factors are advanced age, female gender, the first-time myocardial infarction, hypertension, and ST-segment elevation. We report a rare case of posterior wall myocardial infarction complicated with left ventricular rupture initially presenting with junctional escape rhythm.
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