Multimodality cardiac imaging of a ventricular septal rupture post myocardial infarction: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ventricular septal rupture (VSR), a mechanical complication following an acute myocardial infarction (MI), is thought to result from coagulation necrosis due to lack of collateral reperfusion. Although the gold standard test to confi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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Series: | BMC Research Notes |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/583 |