ALLMedicine™ Myocardial Rupture Center

Dec 2nd, 2020 - COVID-19 can involve several organs and systems, often with indirect and poorly clarified mechanisms. Different presentations of myocardial injury have been reported, with variable degrees of severity, often impacting on the prognosis of COVID-19 ...

Nov 9th, 2019 - Interventricular septal hematoma following congenital cardiac surgery is an uncommon entity. Literature search reveals few cases of interventricular septal hematoma complicating pediatric cardiac surgery. We report a case of interventricular septa...

Mar 27th, 2019 - Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy improves myocardial function, but few patients recover sufficiently for explant, which has focused attention on stem cells to augment cardiac recovery. To assess efficacy and adverse effects of intramy...

Nov 18th, 2018 - A 29-year-old man crashed at high speed into another vehicle at traffic lights. He was able to get out of his van but then collapsed after running a few metres. On arrival in the emergency department he was conscious, with a pulse of 140 beats/min...

Nov 15th, 2018 - A rare and unusual form of myocardial rupture that can complicate acute myocardial infarction is intra-myocardial dissecting hematoma (IDH). Reports in the literature describing this entity are limited to case reports or series. The diagnosis prio...

Sep 28th, 2018 - Answer: B. Myocardial rupture Myocardial rupture is characterized by a laceration, or tearing, of the wall of the ventricles or atria of the heart. The most common cause of myocardial rupture is a recent myocardial infarction, with the rupture typ...

May 26th, 2017 - Answer: B. Myocardial rupture Myocardial rupture is characterized by a laceration or tearing of the wall of the ventricles or atria of the heart. The most common cause of myocardial rupture is a recent myocardial infarction, with the rupture typic...