Case Report
Delayed Ventricular Septal Rupture after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ji Young Park, Seong Hoon Park, Ji Young Oh, In Je Kim, Yu Hyun Lee, Si Hoon Park, Ki Hwan Kwon
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(3):243-246. Published online September 30, 2005
In the era before reperfusion therapy, ventricular septal rupture complicated 1~3% of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) usually 3-5 days after onset. Studies have reported a positive correlation between the incidence of septal perforation and total occlusion of the coronary arteries. A 70-year o..
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