Acute inferior myocardial infarction complicated by rupture into the coronary sinus: diagnosis by two-dimensional echocardiography |
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Authors: | WE Kemp WR Shipley BF Byrd |
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Affiliation: | Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. |
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Abstract: | Ventricular rupture is a catastrophic, often fatal complication of myocardial infarction. We present a unique case of left ventricular rupture into the coronary sinus that was diagnosed by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography in a patient with a recent inferior myocardial infarction. The echocardiographic findings essential to diagnosis were subsequently confirmed at autopsy and are reviewed in detail. |
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