Septal rupture with right ventricular wall dissecting haematoma communicating with left ventricle after inferior myocardial infarction

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Jul;11(6):477-81. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep236. Epub 2010 Jan 27.

Abstract

We report the case of an 86-year-old man referred for abdominal pain and ECG signs of inferior myocardial infarction. Transthoracic, transoesophageal and contrast echocardiographs showed a septal intra-mural haematoma, dissecting the right ventricle wall and partially obliterating the right ventricle lumen. A patent communication with left ventricle with extensive wall thrombosis was present at Doppler examination within dissecting haematoma. Although the patient refused any surgical treatment, a 3-month follow-up was uneventful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
  • Contrast Media
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Hemodynamics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / pathology
  • Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Rupture / etiology
  • Rupture / pathology

Substances

  • Contrast Media