[The prognosis and prevention of cardiac muscle ruptures in myocardial infarct].

This article is based on the examination of 850 patients with acute transmural myocardial infarction, including 48 fatal cases in the result of external cardiac rupture. Immunological and biochemical indices of all patients have shown a high rate of necrotic processes in cardiac muscle in cases of heart rupture. The authors disclose the risk factors of cardiorrhexis and give recommendations for its prophylaxis.