THE electrocardiographic findings resulting from infarction of the interventricular septum were recently described by Roesler and Dressler.‡ These investigators found that when the septum was involved ...

AMONG the complications that may plague the patient with myocardial infarction, there are few more dramatic or serious than rupture through an infarct involving the interventricular septum. To be sure ...

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Before the era of fibrinolytic reperfusion, free-wall rupture (FWR) complicated 1% to 6% of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases, and ventricular septal rupture (VSR), 1% to 3%.

Background A 48-year-old man with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) presented with palpitations, symptoms of medically refractory class II angina, and NYHA class II–III heart failure.

Septal circumferential strain (Ecc) was significantly decreased in LGE-negative boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and correlated to ventricle changes. Researchers at the University of ...

TCT 788: Percutaneous device closure of Infero-apical post Infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD)using Intracardiac echocardiography. Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from ...

An anterior myocardial infarction results from occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. This can cause an ST elevation myocardial infarction or a non-ST segment elevation myocardial ...