Timing of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction and its relation to thrombolytic therapy

R Oskoui; L B Van Voorhees; R DiBianco; J M Kiernan; F Lee; J Lindsay Jr

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00476-6

Timing of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction and its relation to thrombolytic therapy

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Oct 15;78(8):953-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00476-6.

Authors

R Oskoui¹, L B Van Voorhees, R DiBianco, J M Kiernan, F Lee, J Lindsay Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.

PMID: 8888675
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00476-6

Abstract

The clinical and treatment characteristics of 71 patients who had acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture were assessed retrospectively. A history of hypertension was strongly associated with "early" septal rupture (p < 0.001); other clinical and treatment characteristics, including the use and timing of thrombolytic therapy, were not.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Case-Control Studies
Female
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / epidemiology*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Male
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Thrombolytic Therapy / adverse effects*
Time Factors