Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Awaiting an Ounce of Prevention

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¹ Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: herbert.aronow@lifespan.org.
² Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Herbert D Aronow et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019.

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. 2019 Sep 23;12(18):1837-1839.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.06.010.

¹ Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Electronic address: herbert.aronow@lifespan.org.
² Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Keywords: free wall rupture; mechanical complications; mortality; myocardial infarction; papillary muscle rupture; ventricular septal defect.

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