PMID- 25940134
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160412
LR  - 20151217
IS  - 1532-8171 (Electronic)
IS  - 0735-6757 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Jan
TI  - Early left ventricular free-wall rupture in non-STEMI never to be neglected.
PG  - 113.e3-4
LID - S0735-6757(15)00305-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.038 [doi]
AB  - As the most dramatic and fatal complication, left ventricular free-wall rupture 
      (LVFWR) used to present in approximately 3% of patients with acute myocardial 
      infarction. After the introduction of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, 
      the incidence of LVFWR decreased but remained approximately 1.7%. Left 
      ventricular free-wall rupture occurs in patients with transmural myocardial 
      infarction, which is almost exclusively ST elevation myocardial infarction 
      (STEMI). This condition carries a high mortality as a result of hemopericardium 
      and cardiac tamponade. Left ventricular free-wall rupture rarely occurs in 
      patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, but the risk of it cannot 
      be ignored. This case describes early development LVFWR after non-ST-elevation 
      myocardial infarction to evoke high vigilance of clinicians to this condition.
FAU - Yeh, Yen-Ting
AU  - Yeh YT
AD  - Cardiology Division of Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern Memorial 
      Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
FAU - Huang, Chun-Yang
AU  - Huang CY
AD  - Cardiovascular Surgery Division of Cardiovascular Medical Center, Far Eastern 
      Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Electronic address: 
      petere620@yahoo.com.tw.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150424
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Emerg Med
JT  - The American journal of emergency medicine
JID - 8309942
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Diagnostic Imaging
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Fatal Outcome
MH  - Heart Rupture/*diagnosis/*surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Thoracotomy
EDAT- 2015/05/06 06:00
MHDA- 2016/04/14 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/06 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/04/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/04/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/04/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0735-6757(15)00305-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.038 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan;34(1):113.e3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.038. Epub 
      2015 Apr 24.