Septal dissection after inferior acute myocardial infarction

pp. 314-315

Authors

  • Eladio Sánchez Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Infanta Cristina. Badajoz, Spain
  • Manuela Cid-Cumplido Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Santa Bárbara. Puertollano, Spain
  • Ibrahim S. Tarhini Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Infanta Cristina. Badajoz, Spain
  • Tomás Pineda Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Infanta Cristina. Badajoz, Spain
  • José F. González Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Infanta Cristina. Badajoz, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7775/rac.es.v80.i4.1494

Keywords:

Intra-aortic Balloon Pump, Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction, Heart Septal Defects, Aneurysm

Abstract

Background: Septal dissection and rupture are a possible cause of ventricular septal defect after acute myocardial infarction. This presentation reports the case of a 68-year-old man with inferior acute myocardial infarction, who was satisfactorily operated of a septal pseudoaneurysm diagnosed intraoperatively.

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2025-10-06

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Argent J Cardiol 2012 Vol. 80 Issue 4

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