학술논문
Rupture of the myocardium in autopsied MI hearts
Document Type
article
Author
Monteiro, Valesca Bizinoto; Torquato, Bianca Gonçalves Silva; Juliano, Guilherme Ribeiro; Fonseca, Bárbara Cecílio da; Oliveira, Flávia Aparecida de; Cunha, Daniel Ferreira da; Cavellani, Camila Lourencini; Silveira, Luciano Alves Matias da; Ferraz, Mara Lúcia da Fonseca; Teixeira, Vicente de Paula Antunes; Fernandes, Edson Luiz
Source
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira. January 2017 63(9)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0104-4230
Abstract
Summary Although myocardial rupture occurs in only 2% to 4% of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there is a high mortality rate due to acute cardiogenic shock. We present the anatomopathological findings of three cases of myocardial rupture in autopsied hearts in the last 30 years, with a diagnosis of cardiac rupture in acute myocardial infarction. In these 30 years the percentage of AMI with myocardial rupture was 0.2%. Risk factors for post-AMI myocardial rupture include older age, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension.