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Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
; 72(4): 206-9, 2009 Dec.
Artigo
em Italiano
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20183959
RESUMO
Intraventricular septal rupture (ISR) is one of the most dreadful complications during AMI, requiring early diagnosis and urgent surgery. However, medical (90%) and surgical (50%) mortality remain elevated. We report a case of a 59 years old patient with infero-posterior AMI complicated by ISR after thrombolysis. Despite early recognition of this complication by trans-thoracic echocardiography at bedside and prompt surgical intervention the patient died on the second post-surgical day.