Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture during Acute Myocardial Infarction. Early Diagnosis and Treatment

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 246-252

  Exadaktylos, Nikolaos I ^a   Kranidis, Athanassios I ^a,b   Argyriou, Michalis O ^a   Charitos, Christos G ^a   Andrikopoulos, Georgios K ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiac rupture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PALLOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842269010     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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