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2017•Revista da Associação Médica BrasileiraOpen access

Rupture of the myocardium in autopsied MI hearts

Valesca Bizinoto Monteiro, Bianca Gonçalves Silva Torquato, Guilherme Ribeiro Juliano, Bárbara Cecílio da Fonseca, Flávia Aparecida de Oliveira, Daniel Ferreira da Cunha, Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Luciano Alves Matias da Silveira, Mara Lúcia da Fonseca Ferraz, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Edson Luiz Fernandes

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Although myocardial rupture occurs in only 2% to 4% of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there is a high mortality rate due to acute cardiogenic shock. We present the anatomopathological findings of three cases of myocardial rupture in autopsied hearts in the last 30 years, with a diagnosis of cardiac rupture in acute myocardial infarction. In these 30 years the percentage of AMI with myocardial rupture was 0.2%. Risk factors for post-AMI myocardial rupture include older age, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension.

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Although myocardial rupture occurs in only 2% to 4% of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there is a high mortality rate due to acute cardiogenic shock. We present the anatomopathological findings of three cases of myocardial rupture in autopsied hearts in the last 30 years, with a diagnosis of cardiac rupture in acute myocardial infarction. In these 30 years the percentage of AMI with myocardial rupture was 0.2%. Risk factors for post-AMI myocardial rupture include older age, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension.

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Although myocardial rupture occurs in only 2% to 4% of cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there is a high mortality rate due to acute cardiogenic shock. We present the anatomopathological findings of three cases of myocardial rupture in autopsied hearts in the last 30 years, with a diagnosis of cardiac rupture in acute myocardial infarction. In these 30 years the percentage of AMI with myocardial rupture was 0.2%. Risk factors for post-AMI myocardial rupture include older age, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension.

Key concepts: Cardiogenic shock, Medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiology, Cardiac Rupture, Internal medicine, Heart Rupture, Diabetes mellitus

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