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Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Septal Rupture and Left Ventricular Aneurysm after Inferior and Posterior Myocardial Infarction

Giuliana PaceVincenzo ArganoSalvatore NovoEgle CorradoFabio TrioloGianfranco Filippone

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Surgical repairmedicine.medical_specialtytransesophageal echocardiographybusiness.industryCase Report030204 cardiovascular system & hematologymedicine.diseasePosterior myocardial infarctionLeft ventricular aneurysmVentricular Septal Rupture03 medical and health sciencesmyocardial infarctionventricular septal rupture0302 clinical medicineLeft Ventricular AneurysmInternal medicinecardiovascular systemmedicineCardiologyRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingcardiovascular diseases030212 general & internal medicineMyocardial infarctionCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicinebusiness

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We present a case of posterior ventricular septal rupture associated to left ventricular aneurysm manged, during peri-operative period, by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography findings add adjunctive and more accurate information regarding morphological details of the ventricular septal rupture rather than two-dimensional echocardiography, allowing, meanwhile, the detection of the outcome of the surgical repair.

https://doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_29_17