Why the study?
Rupture of the left ventricle free wall is a dangerous complication of myocardial infarction where patient survival depends on early diagnosis, stabilization, and prompt surgical intervention.
Prompt surgical intervention and early diagnosis via echocardiography can successfully treat fatal postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture.
Successful LV free wall rupture repair is feasible in select post-MI cases; leaves open optimal timing, selection, and generalizability pending larger studies.
The rupture of the left ventricle free wall is one of the most dangerous complications of myocardial infarction. Due to the widespread availability of echocardiography method, the detection of this fatal complication and the number of lives saved after surgery grew. The survival of patients depends on early diagnosis, stabilization of the patient’s condition, promptness and tactics of surgical intervention. We report a case of successful closure of a rupture of the left ventricle free wall on the 15th day after myocardial infarction.
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Мазанов et al. (2020) studied this question.