Frequency of collateral blood flow in the infarct-related coronary artery in rupture of the ventricular septum after acute myocardial infarction

R Prêtre; H Rickli; Q Ye; P Benedikt; M I Turina

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00780-8

Frequency of collateral blood flow in the infarct-related coronary artery in rupture of the ventricular septum after acute myocardial infarction

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Feb 15;85(4):497-9, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00780-8.

Authors

R Prêtre¹, H Rickli, Q Ye, P Benedikt, M I Turina

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland. rene.pretre@chi.usz.ch

PMID: 10728959
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00780-8

Abstract

Patients with postinfarction ventricular septal rupture have poor residual or collateral blood flow in the infarct artery and do not benefit from ischemic preconditioning. This suggests that rupture of the ventricular septum occurs on an unprotected and unprepared myocardium.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity
Collateral Circulation*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnosis
Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology
Ventricular Septal Rupture / physiopathology*