Cor Vasa 2005, 46(5)

Intramyocardial abscess as a complication of incomplete postinfarction rupture-a case report.

Jaroslav Ulman^1,*, Petr Frídl¹, Jiří Kettner¹, Eva Koudelková¹, Tomáš Marek¹, Jan Pirk²

¹ Klinika kardiologie

² Klinika kardiovaskulární chirurgie, Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny, Praha, Česká republika

We report the case of incomplete post-infarction left ventricular inferior wall rupture complicated by infectious endocarditis with the development of intramyocardial abscess and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.

Keywords: Abscess; Intramyocardial abscess; Infectious endocarditis; Incomplete rupture; Free left ventricular wall rupture; Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction

Published: May 1, 2005  Show citation