Isolated right ventricular rupture: A rare complication of myocardial infarction

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-416

  Arat, Nurcan ^a   Sökmen, Yeliz ^a   Ilkay, Erdogan ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; NITRATE; RAMIPRIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RUPTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; DRAINAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548184694     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.4.2022287     Document Type: Article

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