Ventricular Rupture due to Myocardial Infarction without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.
Hendrik LappMarcel KeßlerThomas RockFranz X SchmidDong-In ShinAlexander BufeHeinrich G KluesChristian BlockhausPublished in: Case reports in cardiology (2020)
An 87-year-old woman presenting with myocardial infarction and ST-segment elevation in the electrocardiogram suffered from pericardial effusion due to left ventricular rupture. After ruling out obstructive coronary artery disease and aortic dissection, she underwent cardiac surgery showing typical infarct-macerated myocardial tissue in situ. This case shows that even etiologically unclear and small-sized myocardial infarctions can cause life-threatening mechanical complications.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- aortic dissection
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac surgery
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- aortic stenosis
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- cardiovascular events
- mitral valve
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left atrial
- case report
- acute kidney injury
- risk factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- ejection fraction