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Maria Toumpourleka1, Vasileios Siokas2, Christodoulos Papadopoulos1
1Third Cardiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
JACC. Case Reports
|February 16, 2024
Abstract:
This is a case of a 59-year-old man presenting with myopericarditis. Over a 2-week period, he developed progressive symptoms and worsening pericardial effusion, leading to cardiac tamponade. Pericardiocentesis revealed hemopericardium, and multidetector computed tomography angiography showed left ventricular free wall rupture. The patient collapsed abruptly, and autopsy confirmed the findings.
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