Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med | Volume 5, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Late Presenting Anterior STEMI Leading to Apical Ventricular Septal Rupture with Spontaneous Reperfusion of LAD

Vincent Skovira¹, Wajeeh Rehman^2* and Alon Yarkoni¹

¹Department of Cardiology, United Health Services Wilson Medical Center, USA
²Department of Internal Medicine, United Health Services Wilson Medical Center, USA

^*Correspondance to: Wajeeh Rehman 

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Abstract

Ventricular septal ruptures, in the era of contemporary PCI and early revascularization of acute myocardial infarctions, are rare in incidence. We present an 86 year old female who presented with late anterior STEMI and ventricular septal rupture despite an angiographically patent LAD.

Citation:

Skovira V, Rehman W, Yarkoni A. Late Presenting Anterior STEMI Leading to Apical Ventricular Septal Rupture with Spontaneous Reperfusion of LAD. Ann Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2021;5(1):1041..