Contained cardiac rupture: An autopsy case.
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2013-07
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Abstract
Rupture of the myocardium due to myocardial infarction is often fatal but when such patients survive, they present with
a pseudoaneurysm where the defect is sealed by the pericardium preventing the complete rupture. This is described as a
‘contained myocardial rupture’. We describe here a case of left ventricular contained myocardial rupture following an acute
myocardial infarction.
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Myocardial infarction, Pericardial fibrosis, Pseudoaneurysm
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Desai Heena M, Amonkar Gayathri P. Contained cardiac rupture: An autopsy case. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2013 July; 55(3): 163-165.