Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Septal Rupture and Left Ventricular Aneurysm after Inferior and Posterior Myocardial Infarction
- Autori: Pace, Giuliana*; Filippone, Gianfranco; Corrado, Egle; Triolo, Fabio; Argano, Vincenzo; Novo, Salvatore
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2018
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Left ventricular aneurysm; myocardial infarction; transesophageal echocardiography; ventricular septal rupture; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/298383
Abstract
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.