Echocardiographic Capture of Right Ventricular Wall Rupture During Inferior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 103; no. 10; pp. 1478 - 1480
• Main Authors: Maron, Bradley A., MD, Kolandaivelu, Kumaran, MD, PhD, Rhee, David K., MD, PhD, Bukhman, Alice K., MD, MPH, Edelman, Elazer R., MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 15.05.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular system; Case studies; Coronary Angiography; Coronary heart disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Fatal Outcome; Female; Heart; Heart attacks; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging; Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ventricular Septal Rupture - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Septal Rupture - etiology; Sonography; Myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; Wall; Acute; Right ventricle; Rupture; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Capture; Circulatory system; Cardiology
• ISSN: 0002-9149; 1879-1913
• DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.357

We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with no previous cardiovascular history in whom fatal right ventricular wall rupture was diagnosed by bedside echocardiography early in the management of an inferior wall acute myocardial infarction.