TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual form of cardiac rupture
T2 - Sealed subacute left ventricular free wall rupture, evolving to intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and to pseudoaneurysm formation - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Harpaz, David
AU - Kriwisky, Michael
AU - Cohen, Amram J.
AU - Medalion, Benjamin
AU - Rozenman, Yoseph
PY - 2001/3
Y1 - 2001/3
N2 - This report describes an unusual course of rupture of the left ventricular free wall, complicating acute myocardial infarction. Spontaneous sealing of the rupture site enabled close echocardiographic follow-up, during which we monitored the development of intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and, finally, development of a full tear in the left ventricular free wall, leading to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm. The pathophysiology, management, and diagnostic criteria of these processes are being revised.
AB - This report describes an unusual course of rupture of the left ventricular free wall, complicating acute myocardial infarction. Spontaneous sealing of the rupture site enabled close echocardiographic follow-up, during which we monitored the development of intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and, finally, development of a full tear in the left ventricular free wall, leading to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm. The pathophysiology, management, and diagnostic criteria of these processes are being revised.
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U2 - 10.1067/mje.2001.110780
DO - 10.1067/mje.2001.110780
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C2 - 11241018
AN - SCOPUS:0035290549
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 14
SP - 219
EP - 227
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 3
ER -