Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction: A potentially fatal complication.
Athanasios SaplaourasAntigoni SakellaropoulouPanagiotis MililisGeorge BazoukisAngelos-Michail KolokathisEleni KonstantinidouAikaterini AnagnostouNiki PanagopoulouKonstantinos VlachosIoannis LakoumentasAntonios SiderisPublished in: Clinical case reports (2019)
Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction include ventricular septal rupture (VSR), free wall rupture, and ischemic mitral regurgitation. Postinfarction VSR is a rare but serious complication of myocardial infarction. VSR has a lower incidence in the era of new reperfusion therapies. However, clinicians should be aware of this potentially fatal complication as the mortality remains extremely high. Early diagnosis and treatment are the cornerstones of achieving a better outcome.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- risk factors
- cerebral ischemia
- palliative care
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- oxidative stress
- brain injury