LEFT-VENTRICULAR RUPTURE FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION TREATED WITHSTREPTOKINASE - SUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION IN THE CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY USING PERICARDIOCENTESIS AND AUTOTRANSFUSION

Authors
PROLI J LAUFER N
Citation
J. Proli et N. Laufer, LEFT-VENTRICULAR RUPTURE FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION TREATED WITHSTREPTOKINASE - SUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION IN THE CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY USING PERICARDIOCENTESIS AND AUTOTRANSFUSION, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 29(3), 1993, pp. 257-260
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
257 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1993)29:3<257:LRFMTW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An 80-year-old female developed left ventricular rupture in the cardia c catheterization laboratory following myocardial infarction treated w ith streptokinase. The patient was resuscitated using pericardiocentes is and autotransfusion. This technique and the predisposing factors fo r left ventricular rupture are discussed. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.