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A patient with undiagnosed coronary artery disease suffered a fatal myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the risk of sudden cardiac death from left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade in patients with undiagnosed coronary artery disease.
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Undiagnosed CAD may cause fatal MI with LV rupture and tamponade; this case report leaves open the value of broader screening.
The cardiac diseases are the most common causes of sudden death. Time and time again people have fallen prey to undiagnosed cardiac diseases. Even though Health authorities encourage regular cardiac check-ups after a certain age, this is often overlooked by people and not taken care of. Myocardial infarction (MI) due to coronary artery occlusion is the most important form of ischemic heart diseases and its risk is ever increasing in Indian Population. Hemopericardium due to rupture of heart is one of the major complications of acute MI. We report a case of sudden cardiac death with undiagnosed coronary artery disease leading to MI. The deceased suffered rupture of heart and died due to cardiac tamponade.
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Menon et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Myocardial infarction (n=1). A patient with undiagnosed coronary artery disease suffered a fatal myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade.
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