Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction.

作者信息

Hosseinzadeh-Maleki Mahmood, Valizadeh Niloufar, Rafatpanah Niloofar, Moezi Seyed Ali

机构信息

Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

出版信息

ARYA Atheroscler. 2015 Sep;11(5):310-3.

BACKGROUND

Left ventricular free wall rupture is a frequent catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and occurs in 1-3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction; it is the third most common cause of death caused by acute myocardial infarction, too.

CASE REPORT

We describe acute left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction in a 60-year-old man. He was survived after urgent surgical intervention.

CONCLUSION

The long-term survivors of free wall rupture repair have not been extensively reported; early diagnosis is very critical and immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice.