A case of postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture is successfully treated. Prompt
diagnosis was provided by echocardiography and an emergency operation was carried out …

Left ventricular rupture after acute myocardial infarction occurs more often than suspected
and diagnosis is rarely made before death. Left ventricular rupture has been reported to …

Background. Postinfarction rupture of the left ventricle is a rare event in which approach is
not clearly standardised and outcome after repair is unknown. Our experience with this …

Background: The natural course of subacute ventricular free wall rupture (FWR) as a
complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) is usually lethal. The aim of this study was to …

Left ventricular free wall rupture has been treated successfully in three cases using an
original technique that consists of suturing a plaque of the patient's own pericardium (6 to 8 …

Rupture of the left ventricular free wall after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been
regarded as uniformly fatal unless emergency surgical repair is performed. Among 2,862 …

Left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) is a rare but fatal complication of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI). An 81-year-old female patient with several cardiovascular risk factors …

We have treated 10 patients of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) resulting from acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) in our intensive care unit (ICU) from Oct. 1984 to Dec. 1993. Nine …

Aim. To analyze the results of surgical treatment of left ventricular free wall rupture after
acute myocardial infarct in a case series. Method. From 1984 to 2001, 25 patients (10 …

Left ventricular (LV) free wall rupture particularly in blow-out type is still one of the fatal
complications after myocardial infarction. Seven patients had LV rupture following acute …