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SUBMITTER: Amorosi NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7412945 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ultrasound (Leeds, England) 20200128 3
Ventricular septal rupture is a rare and potentially fatal complication of transmural myocardial infarction. Early identification utilising transthoracic echocardiography significantly improves long term outcomes in these patients. We report on a case of a 77-year-old male who presented with signs and symptoms of cardiac failure and a loud systolic murmur. The patient underwent an initial point-of-care ultrasound which revealed evidence of a transmural myocardial infarction and a high suspicion ...[more]