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. 2000 Mar 15;85(6):757-60, A8.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00855-3.

Frequency of left ventricular free-wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty

R Moreno  1 , E López de Sá, J L López-Sendón, E García, J Soriano, M Abeytua, J Elízaga, J Botas, R Rubio, M Moreno, M A García-Fernández, J L Delcán
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Frequency of left ventricular free-wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty

R Moreno et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

A total of 590 patients with myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty were studied, to assess the incidence and related factors of free-wall rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction when treated with primary angioplasty. The incidence of free-wall rupture was 2.2% (13 patients); this incidence was higher in patients >65 years old, women, nonsmokers, as well as in those with anterior location and an initial TIMI grade 0 flow, but it was similar in patients with a successful or unsuccessful angiographic result.

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