Vol 11, No 5 (2015):310-313

Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh-Maleki, Niloufar Valizadeh, Niloofar Rafatpanah, Seyed Ali Moezi

Abstract


BACKGROUND: Left ventricular free wall rupture is a frequent catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and occurs in 1-3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction; it is the third most common cause of death caused by acute myocardial infarction, too.

CASE REPORT: We describe acute left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction in a 60-year-old man. He was survived after urgent surgical intervention.

CONCLUSION: The long-term survivors of free wall rupture repair have not been extensively reported; early diagnosis is very critical and immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice.


Keywords


Myocardial Infarction, Free Wall Rupture, Left Ventricle

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