ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal

Survival after left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh-Maleki 1
Niloufar Valizadeh 2
Niloofar Rafatpanah 2
Seyed Ali Moezi 3

1 Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

2 Student of Medicine, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center AND Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Science, Birjand, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular free wall rupture is a frequent catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and occurs in 1-3% of patients with acute myocardial infarction; it is the third most common cause of death caused by acute myocardial infarction, too. CASE REPORT: We describe acute left ventricular free wall rupture due to acute myocardial infarction in a 60-year-old man. He was survived after urgent surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: The long-term survivors of free wall rupture repair have not been extensively reported; early diagnosis is very critical and immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice.

Keywords

Myocardial Infarction
Free Wall Rupture
Left Ventricle
ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal
Volume 11, Issue 5 - Serial Number 5
September and October 2015
Pages 310-313

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