Background A 48-year-old man with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) presented with palpitations, symptoms of medically refractory class II angina, and NYHA class II–III heart failure.

THE electrocardiographic findings resulting from infarction of the interventricular septum were recently described by Roesler and Dressler.‡ These investigators found that when the septum was involved ...

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AMONG the complications that may plague the patient with myocardial infarction, there are few more dramatic or serious than rupture through an infarct involving the interventricular septum. To be sure ...

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%.

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...

TCT 646: Emergent Alcohol Septal Ablation for Severe Outflow Tract Obstruction while Pregnant and on V-V ECMO for COVID ARDS Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from major ...