Conservative treatment for right ventricular free wall rupture in a patient with acute myocardial infarction

• Main Authors: Mohd Firdaus, Mohd Al-Baqlish, Abdul Rahim, Nur Syahirah, Rusdi, Nurtasneem, Idris, Nor Saadah, Mohd Said, Mohd Ridzuan, Zainal Abidin, Imran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: HIndawi 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine; RC667 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87958/1/87958_Conservative%20Treatment%20for%20Right%20Ventricular%20Free%20Wall.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87958/; https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cric/2020/8836627.pdf

Ventricular wall rupture possesses a high mortality rate in patients with acute myocardial infarction. We presented a case of a ninety-year-old gentleman who presented with acute inferolateral myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock and right ventricular free wall rupture. He was treated conser...