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Left ventricular free wall rupture is still encountered in 1%–2% of patients after myocardial infarction, prompting this report to highlight its clinical features and the diagnostic value of echocardiography.
Echocardiography remains a critical diagnostic tool for identifying left ventricular free wall rupture, a rare but life-threatening late complication of myocardial infarction.
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May aid early post-MI rupture detection; hypothesis-generating and leaves broader adoption open.
The incidence of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) in myocardial infarction (MI) decreased with the extent of interventional procedures of reperfusion, but it is still encountered in 1%–2% of the patients. We are presenting the case of a 58-year-old male with LVFWR that occurred as a late complication of MI. The aim of this case report is to underline the main clinical feature, the diagnostic value of echocardiographic exam in this condition.
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