Complex Ventricular Septal Rupture with Dissection of the Right Ventricular Wall in Ischemic Context

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

de Morais, GP (Author) Other; Paulo, N (Author) Other; Vieira, MS (Author) Other; Sampaio, F (Author) Other; Bettencourt, N (Author) Other; Cabral, S (Author) Other; Ribeiro, J (Author) Other; Fonseca, C (Author) Other; Torres, S (Author) Other; Vouga, L (Author) Other; Gama, V (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Echocardiography

Vol. 29

Pages: E112-E114

ISSN: 0742-2822

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-002-AKJ

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01636.x

Abstract (EN): A 72-year-old man was admitted to the local hospital with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. In the first 24 hours, a new onset apical murmur was heard. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography showed interventricular septal (IVS) rupture and dissection of the right ventricle (RV) wall forming an echolucent pseudocavity that partially occupied the RV and communicated with the true RV cavity. Multislice computed tomography characterized in detail the IVS and RV wall dissection, and further showed the right coronary artery in the outer border of the RV and pseudocavity, excluding pericardial fluid. Despite surgical correction, progression to cardiogenic shock and death occurred 33 days after admission. (Echocardiography 2012;29:E112-E114)

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3