Ventricular free wall rupture following acute myocardial infarction

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 463-470

  Birnbaum, Yochai ^a,b   Chamoun, Antonio J ^a   Anzuini, Angelo ^a   Lick, Scott D ^a   Ahmad, Masood ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Diagnosis; Mechanical complications; Thrombolysis; Treatment; Ventricular free wall rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MASSAGE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0041827175     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200309000-00008     Document Type: Review

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