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.