Died immediately after corrective surgery for right ventricular acute myocardial infarction and ventricular septal rupture.
10.12701/yujm.2014.31.1.9
- Author:
Su Mi KIM
1
;
Sung Yun JUNG
;
Min Jung KIM
;
Tae Hun KWON
;
Kang Un CHOI
;
Byung Jun KIM
;
Jang Won SOHN
;
Gue Ru HONG
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. gubjae@yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myocardial infarction;
Ventricular septal rupture;
Right ventricular dysfunction
- MeSH:
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Infarction;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Shock, Cardiogenic;
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right;
Ventricular Septal Rupture*
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
2014;31(1):9-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare but fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction. In many cases, postinfarction VSR leads to hemodynamic instability and urgent surgical treatment is necessary. Here we describe a case of a patient with right ventricular (RV) dysfunction caused by acute RV infarction and with cardiogenic shock, whose condition improved after development of postinfarction VSR, but the patient died after corrective surgery.
