When ventricular septal rupture complicates acute myocardial infarction, the mortality is high. Reperfusion therapy has reduced the incidence of septal rupture. However, rapid diagnosis ...

Before the era of fibrinolytic reperfusion, free-wall rupture (FWR) complicated 1% to 6% of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases, and ventricular septal rupture (VSR), 1% to 3%.

However, in rare cases, people experience ventricular septal rupture (VSR), where the septum that separates the two ventricular chambers tears. The outlook for VSR depends on the size of the tear ...

ventricular septal rupture, and papillary-muscle rupture). It is also part of the standard evaluation of patients being considered for heart or lung transplantation. Absolute contraindications ...

TCT 441: The Prevalence, Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast or Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With HFrEF Receive the the latest news, research, and ...

The man suffered a rare complication called ‘ventricular septal rupture’, in which the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart develops a hole. If not treated, the blood in ...

Madurai: Doctors at a private hospital in Madurai have successfully treated a 76-year-old man from Pudukottai diagnosed with Ventricular Septal Rupture (VSR), a complication in which the wall ...

Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles of the heart. This abnormality usually develops before birth and is found most often in infants. The ...

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a birth defect in babies that causes a hole in the wall (or septum) between a baby’s lower heart chambers. Heart chambers are also called right and left ventricles.