Abstract
The authors describe the association of a right ventricular pseudoaneurysm and ventricular septal rupture at the onset of an acute inferior and right myocardial infarction. The patient, a 84-year-old man, presented with cardiogenic shock and died within a few hours with electromechanical dissociation. The diagnosis was made by Echo-color flow mapping and confirmed at autopsy. The authors point out the singleness of such association and the diagnostic value of Echo-Doppler in the early assessment of the mechanical complications of myocardial infarction.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Autopsy
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Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
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Heart Aneurysm / complications*
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Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
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Heart Aneurysm / pathology
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Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / complications*
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Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis
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Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / pathology
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Heart Septum* / pathology
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Heart Ventricles* / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Myocardial Infarction / complications*
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Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
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Myocardial Infarction / pathology
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Myocardium / pathology
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Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology