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Revista Costarricense de Cardiología
Print version ISSN 1409-4142
Abstract
ALVARADO SANCHEZ, Eduardo; LACAYO GONZALEZ, Harold and SILES VARELA, Marco Antonio. Ruptura miocárdica y formación de aneurisma después de un infarto agudo de miocardio silente: Reporte de un caso. Rev. costarric. cardiol [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.2, pp.33-36. ISSN 1409-4142.
Ventricular aneurysms and interventricular septal rupture are complications of acute myocardial infarction and these complications may have a high morbidity and mortality. We report the case of a patient with an aneurysm involving the inferior myocardium and the inferior interventricular septum following an acute silent myocardial infarction. The clinical characteristics, diagnosis and management of these potentially lethal complications are discussed
Keywords : acute myocardial infarction; mechanical complication; interventricular septum rupture; left ventricle aneurysm.