Multimodality cardiac imaging of a ventricular septal rupture post myocardial infarction: a case report Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Abstract Background Ventricular septal rupture (VSR), a mechanical complication following an acute myocardial infarction (MI), is thought to result from coagulation necrosis due to lack of collateral reperfusion. Although the gold standard test to confirm left-to-right shunting between ventricular cavities remains invasive ventriculography, two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with color flow Doppler and cardiac MRI (CMR) are reliable tests for the non-invasive diagnosis of VSR. Case presentation A 62-year-old Caucasian female presented with a late case of a VSR post inferior MI diagnosed by multimodality cardiac imaging including TTE, CMR and ventriculography. Conclusion We review the presentation, diagnosis and management of VSR post MI.

authors

  • Dhaliwal, Surinder
  • Ducas, Robin
  • Shuangbo, Liu
  • Horne, David
  • Lee, John
  • Hussain, Farrukh
  • Kirkpatrick, Iain DC
  • Jassal, Davinder S

publication date

  • December 2012