%0 Journal Article
%T A case of successful survival from ventricular free wall micro-rupture without surgery
%A Jae-Bin Seo
%A Ki-Hyun Jeon
%A Jin-Hyun Park
%A Sang-Hyun Kim
%A Joo-Hee Zo
%A Myung-A Kim
%A Woo-Young Chung
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
%P 206-209
%@ 2164-5337
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcd.2013.32029
%X <p>
	<span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;\">We report a case of successful survival from ventricular free wall rupture without surgery, which was not overt rupture but
micro-rupture. The patient was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Myocardial
blood leakage could be detected on transthoracic echocardiography with intravenous
infusion of contrast dye 3 days after PCI. This examination revealed that there
was not overt perforation but diffuse fissure. Because of his critical condition,
he was treated conservatively without surgery. Nevertheless, he survived
eventually.</span> 
</p>
%K Myocardial Infarction
%K Heart Rupture
%K Echocardiography
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=30265