Unusual form of cardiac rupture: Sealed subacute left ventricular free wall rupture, evolving to intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and to pseudoaneurysm formation - A case report and review of the literature

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-227

  Harpaz, David ^a,b   Kriwisky, Michael ^a,b   Cohen, Amram J ^a,b   Medalion, Benjamin ^a,b   Rozenman, Yoseph ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035290549     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.110780     Document Type: Article

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