Case
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Embolic Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Rupture Due to Mitral Valve Endocarditis |
| Eiki Tayama, MD,1 Shingo Chihara, MD,1 Shuji Fukunaga, MD,1 Hidetoshi Akashi, MD,1 Shigeaki Aoyagi, MD,1 and Kei-ichiro Mizoguchi, MD2
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| A left ventricular rupture due to embolic myocardial infarction is extremely rare. A 72-year-old woman developed an acute embolic myocardial infarction and mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis. Two days after the infarction, a left ventricular free wall rupture occurred after transesophageal echo examination. She received an epicardial patch and mitral valve replacement. Perioperatively, an intra-aortic balloon pump and long-term antibiotics were used. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she is doing well 10 months after surgery. (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 13: 206-208) |
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Key words: left ventricular rupture, embolic myocardial infarction, infective endocarditis |
1Department of Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, and 2Mizoguchi Circulatory Internal Medicine Clinic, Sasebo, Japan
Received October 3, 2006; accepted for publication October 26, 2006.
Address reprint requests to Eiki Tayama, MD: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830–0011, Japan. |
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