[Myocardial rupture after acute myocardial infarct: 2 cases with an unusual clinical presentation]. 1997

P Ammann, and H Rickli, and W Angehrn
Abteilung für Kardiologie, Klinik B für Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.

Myocardial rupture is the second most common reason for in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction, accounting for 8-17% of deaths. The clinical presentation varies due to the possibility of rupture in three main locations: free left ventricular wall (85%), interventricular septum (10%), and papillary muscle (5%). Hypotension, long persisting or repeated chest pain, syncopes, new heart murmurs or weak action should draw attention to the possibility of myocardial rupture, apart from the classical sign of upper inflow congestion. In about 48% of cases immediate surgical intervention can save life. We present two unusual cases of myocardial rupture. Case 1 shows left ventricular free wall rupture with additional rupture of an accessory posterior papillary muscle but without changes in hemodynamic parameters; case 2 involves a rupture of the free left ventricular wall which the patient survived without surgical intervention.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010210 Papillary Muscles Conical muscular projections from the walls of the cardiac ventricles, attached to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves by the chordae tendineae. Muscle, Papillary,Muscles, Papillary,Papillary Muscle
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006342 Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction Laceration or tearing of cardiac tissues appearing after MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Post-Infarction Heart Rupture,Cardiac Rupture, Post-Infarction,Cardiac Rupture, Post Infarction,Cardiac Ruptures, Post-Infarction,Heart Rupture, Post Infarction,Heart Ruptures, Post-Infarction,Post Infarction Heart Rupture,Post-Infarction Cardiac Rupture,Post-Infarction Cardiac Ruptures,Post-Infarction Heart Ruptures,Rupture, Post-Infarction Cardiac,Rupture, Post-Infarction Heart,Ruptures, Post-Infarction Cardiac,Ruptures, Post-Infarction Heart
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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