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Acute Myocardial Infarction with Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture

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Myocardial rupture following acute myocardial infarction is an important and lethal mechanical complication with an overall incidence of 2.3%. The ruptures may occur in the left ventricular free wall, papillary muscles, and/or interventricular septum. This is a report of left ventricular free wall rupture in an elderly woman during her first episode of infarction with rapid development of cardiac decompensation.

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  1. Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ayushi Gupta

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Girish Tasgaonkar

  3. Department of Pathology (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division), Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Pradeep Vaideeswar

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  1. Department of Pathology (Cardiovascular & Thoracic Division), Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Pradeep Vaideeswar

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Gupta, A., Tasgaonkar, G., Vaideeswar, P. (2022). Acute Myocardial Infarction with Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture. In: Vaideeswar, P. (eds) Tropical Cardiovascular Pathology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3720-0_26

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