Early interventricular septum rupture after systemic thrombolysis in a patient with STEMI

Submitted: January 19, 2016
Accepted: January 19, 2016
Published: January 19, 2016
Abstract Views: 936
PDF: 472
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

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 inferoposterior 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.

Dimensions

Altmetric

PlumX Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

How to Cite

Maglione, Antonio, Alberto Forni, Biagio Liccardo, Luigi Corrado, Paola De Gregorio, Jolanda Cerino, Michelina Ferraro, Mario Pacileo, and Nicolino Esposito. 2016. “Early Interventricular Septum Rupture After Systemic Thrombolysis in a Patient With STEMI”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 72 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.319.