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Cardiology

HCA Healthcare

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2020

Ventricular septal rupture/therapy

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A Complication Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala, Robert Dean Chait Jul 2020

A Complication Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala, Robert Dean Chait

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare complication after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The case presents an apical four chamber echocardiogram showing mid-septal discontinuity with lateral to medial movement of the transected ventricular septum during systole and diastole. Color Doppler demonstrates flow across the septum with extensive anatomic destruction of the ventricular septum.

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