Fatal Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Complicating Acute Myopericarditis

Fatal Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Complicating Acute Myopericarditis

This is a case of a 59-year-old man presenting with myopericarditis. Over a 2-week period, he developed progressive symptoms and worsening pericardial effusion, leading to cardiac tamponade. Pericardiocentesis revealed hemopericardium, and multidetector computed tomography angiography showed left ve...

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Main Authors: Maria Toumpourleka, MD, MSc, Vasileios Siokas, MD, Christodoulos Papadopoulos, MD, PhD, Antigony Mitselou, MD, PhD, Leda Kovatsi, MD, PhD, Maria S. Sidiropoulou, MD, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, MD, MSc, Vassilios Vassilikos, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
hemopericardium
left ventricular wall rupture
multidetector computed tomography
myopericarditis
pericardial effusion
tamponade
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266608492300534X

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