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• TITLE: A case of successful survival from ventricular free wall micro-rupture without surgery

  AUTHORS: Jae-Bin Seo, Ki-Hyun Jeon, Jin-Hyun Park, Sang-Hyun Kim, Joo-Hee Zo, Myung-A Kim, Woo-Young Chung

  KEYWORDS: Myocardial Infarction; Heart Rupture; Echocardiography

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.3 No.2, April 25, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We report a case of successful survival from ventricular free wall rupture without surgery, which was not overt rupture but micro-rupture. The patient was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Myocardial blood leakage could be detected on transthoracic echocardiography with intravenous infusion of contrast dye 3 days after PCI. This examination revealed that there was not overt perforation but diffuse fissure. Because of his critical condition, he was treated conservatively without surgery. Nevertheless, he survived eventually.