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European Heart Journal 1993 14(7):1002-1003;
Copyright © 1993 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1993 The European Society of Cardiology

Cardiac rupture during coronary angioplasty

M. GEIST, D. GILON, M. S. GOTSMAN and Y. HASIN

Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital Jerusalem, Israel

Received 30 November 1992; revised 18 February 1993; .

Correspondence: M Geist, MD, Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel 91120

Abstract

Cardiac rupture is a catastrophic complication of acute myocardial infarction. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction who received thrombolytic therapy and then developed cardiac rupture and tamponade during rescue angioplasty.

Key Words: Myocardial infarction • thrombolysis • angioplasty • coronary rupture


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