Asymptomatic Rupture of the Left Ventricle

Asymptomatic rupture of the left ventricle.

Asymptomatic Rupture of the Left Ventricle Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000782 2013;128:e121-e125 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/128/9/e121 World Wide Web at:...

Asymptomatic contained left ventricular rupture

Background A 55 year old patient presented late to the emergency department following an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Coronary angiogram demonstrated occluded left anterior descending artery with backfilling from collaterals. The patient was referred for an in-patient cardiac MRI scan (CMRI) to quantify left ventricular (LV) function and viability. A repeat CMRI was requested 3 m...

Rupture of the Left Ventricle— Report of Two Cases

Rupture of left ventricle leading to pseudo-aneurysm formation.

A 55-year-old Asian man was admitted with a 24-h history of central crushing chest pain radiating to his left arm worse on the day of admission. He was known to have peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, previous right below knee amputation and hyperlipidaemia; he was also a long-term smoker. On examination he was haemodynamically stable with no evidence of cardiac failure or murmurs. His rest...

Left ventricle Subepicardial aneurysm following asymptomatic myocardial infarction

An asymptomatic 75-year-old female with past medical history of percutaneous coronary intervention for angina pectoris was referred to our department for the management of left ventricular aneurysm which was pointed out on the follow-up echocardiography. Coronary angiography revealed no restenosis of the stent site, but 100% stenosis of a distal segment of the left circumflex artery that had no...