Key result
Fatal LV free wall rupture and hemotamponade complicate primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case highlights the catastrophic nature of left ventricular free wall rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction, emphasizing the need for high clinical suspicion in hemodynamically unstable patients.
LV free wall rupture remains nearly uniformly fatal post-MI; case report leaves open strategies for earlier detection in unstable patients.
This case illustrates a rare but catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction - acute rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle. Mortality in this condition reaches almost 100%.
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Chernyak et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Acute myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular free wall rupture (n=1). Primary percutaneous coronary intervention was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 61-year-old male with acute myocardial infarction underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention but died due to a catastrophic left ventricular free wall rupture and hemotamponade.
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