Cardiac rupture during coronary angioplasty.

Geist, M; Gilon, D; Gotsman, M S; Hasin, Y · Eur Heart J · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Cardiac rupture is a catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction who received thrombolytic therapy and then developed cardiac rupture and tamponade during rescue angioplasty.

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