The key clinical message is to know that mechanical complications of myocardial infarction are rare but fatal. A high index of suspicion facilitates diagnosis. The presence of acute heart failure should ring an alarm. Other red flags are cardiogenic shock, new murmur, or evidence of hypoperfusion.
Keyphrases
- acute heart failure
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- cognitive impairment
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- risk factors
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- atrial fibrillation
- acute coronary syndrome