Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction, such as septal or papillary muscle rupture, are associated with high mortality.
THE GREATER availability of well-equipped and well-staffed coro- nary care units, death from arrhythmias complicating myocardial infarction has be- come less common.' This has been a result of improved methods of patient monitoring, earlier diagnosis of arrhythmias, and prompt treatment.2 3 Death from myocardial infarc- tion at present is more commonly a result of cardiogenic shock or refractory cardiac fail- ure." 3-5 The mechanical complications of myocardial infarction, including rupture of the interventricular septum, papillary muscle rup- ture, and acute left ventricular aneurysm, although uncommon, are associated wih a high mortality rate.
Mundth et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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