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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Nov 1998
Case ReportsDouble postinfarction cardiac rupture of left ventricular free wall and papillary muscle documented by transthoracic echocardiography.
- M Ballet-Méchain, C Gayet, T Perret, J Ninet, P Chapon, G Trémeau, M Viallet, and H Milon.
- Department of Cardiology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, and the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique, Lyon, France.
- J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 Nov 1; 11 (11): 1084-6.
AbstractA 70-year-old man presented with a posteroinferolateral acute myocardial infarction complicated by rupture of the left ventricular inferior wall and partial rupture of the posteromedial papillary muscle. Transthoracic echocardiography documented both of these complications and led to prompt and successful surgical repair.
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