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W R Storer

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Post inferior myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture.

Mortality from ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction (MI) is high. Ventricular septal rupture after inferior MI is particularly associated with a high risk because of difficulty in diagnosis and surgical approach. These three case reports show how diagnosis and correction can be expedited by emergency transportation and color-flow echo-Doppler cardiography. Prompt ventricular septal repair can provide excellent survival and rehabilitation potential.

Heart Rupture↗

Pacemaker-induced endocardial friction rub.

Two patients had a typical sounding cardiac friction rub after placement of a temporary transvenous pacemaker. Absence of myocardial perforation was documented in one patient during thoracotomy for placement of an epicardial electrode and in the other with an electrogram recorded from the pacemaker as it was being withdrawn. The rubs disappeared during pacemaker removal. These cases are believed to represent endocardial friction rubs resulting from contact of the pacing wire with the endocardium.

Adult↗