Free Wall Rupture and Ventricular Septal Defect Post Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction

• Main Authors: Mohammad Sahebjam, Ali Mohammad Haji Zeinali, Maryam Semnani, Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi, Shahla Majidi, Mahmood Shirzad, Naghmeh Moshtaghi, Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, Kyomars Abbasi, Hakimeh Sadeghian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2007-07-01
• Series: Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
• Subjects: Myocardial infarction; Ventricular septal defect; Myocardial free wall rupture
• Online Access: http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/4026.pdf&manuscript_id=4026
• ISSN: 1735-8620

Myocardial free wall rupture is a catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction, and prognosis will depend on the prompt diagnosis by echocardiography, extension of infarct size, and prompt surgical treatment. Free wall rupture concomitant with ventricular septal defect (VSD) may be more complicated for management. A case of a 69-year-old man with myocardial free wall rupture and VSD following acute anterior myocardial infarction is presented.