Describes a rare case of contained myocardial rupture (pseudoaneurysm) following acute myocardial infarction.
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Alerts clinicians to contained LV rupture in post-MI pericardial complications; leaves open optimal management strategies.
Rupture of the myocardium due to myocardial infarction is often fatal but when such patients survive, they present with a pseudoaneurysm where the defect is sealed by the pericardium preventing the complete rupture. This is described as a 'contained myocardial rupture'. We describe here a case of left ventricular contained myocardial rupture following an acute myocardial infarction.
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