Not all postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture need immediate surgery: Role of cardiogenic shock classification

A 56-year-old man presented with acute anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction. Initially he was thrombolysed at a peripheral hospital and a transthoracic echocardiography revealed multiple (2-3 mm) apical muscular ventricular septal defects suggesting ventricular septal rupture (VSR), with the...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Azizul Hasan Khandaker, Prashanth Panduranga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Heart Views
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Online Access:http://www.heartviews.org/article.asp?issn=1995-705X;year=2021;volume=22;issue=2;spage=141;epage=145;aulast=Khandaker