Experience of 10 Cases of Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
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Ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction
Patients with their first myocardial infarction (MI), who present to the emergency department many hours after the onset of chest pain, who appear to be improving but suddenly develop new chest pain and unexpected hypotension (with or without signs of cardiac tamponade), should be suspected of having ventricular free wall rupture (VFWR). The mainstay of treatment is surgery. These patients may ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1883-4108,0285-1474
DOI: 10.4326/jjcvs.21.556