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Cardiac rupture as current complication following acute myocardial infarction

Ruptura cardíaca como complicação atual subsequente a infarto agudo do miocárdio

Category

Definition

A tearing of acutely infarcted tissue after acute myocardial infarction, which may involve the papillary muscles, interventricular septum, or free wall of either ventricle.

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Cardiac rupture as current complication following acute myocardial infarction