%0 Journal Article %T Ruptura mioc¨¢rdica y formaci¨®n de aneurisma despu¨¦s de un infarto agudo de miocardio silente: Reporte de un caso %A Alvarado S¨¢nchez %A Eduardo %A Lacayo Gonz¨¢lez %A Harold %A Siles Varela %A Marco Antonio %J Revista Costarricense de Cardiolog¨ªa %D 2011 %I Asociaci¨®n Costarricense de Cardiolog¨ªa %X ventricular aneurysms and interventricular septal rupture are complications of acute myocardial infarction and these complications may have a high morbidity and mortality. we report the case of a patient with an aneurysm involving the inferior myocardium and the inferior interventricular septum following an acute silent myocardial infarction. the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and management of these potentially lethal complications are discussed %K acute myocardial infarction %K mechanical complication %K interventricular septum rupture %K left ventricle aneurysm. %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1409-41422011000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en