| Myocardial rupture | |
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| Realistic view of the human heart | |
| Specialty | Cardiology  |
Myocardial rupture is a laceration of the ventricles or atria of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, or of the papillary muscles. It is most commonly seen as a serious sequela of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
It can also be caused by trauma.[1]
- ^ Nan YY, Lu MS, Liu KS, et al. (September 2009). "Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture: therapeutic options and outcomes". Injury. 40 (9): 938–45. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.016. PMID 19540491.