Left atrial hematoma complicating inferior myocardial infarction

Jason Ciril Kovacic; Matthew David A.Court Horton; Terence John Campbell; Stephanie Helen Wilson

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2004.06.003

Left atrial hematoma complicating inferior myocardial infarction

Jason Ciril Kovacic
, Matthew David A.Court Horton
, Terence John Campbell
, Stephanie Helen Wilson

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Abstract

Intramyocardial dissecting hematoma after myocardial infarction is a rare condition. Previous reports have documented that these hematomas form almost exclusively in the myocardium adjacent to the culprit coronary lesion. We report a case of coexistent intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and ventricular rupture that arose as a consequence of a distal right coronary artery occlusion. Unusually, there was a very long dissection plane, which crossed the atrioventricular groove, with the hematoma manifesting on the opposite side of the heart (left atrium) to the infarcted myocardium (inferior wall).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1201-1203
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume	17
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2004.06.003
State	Published - Nov 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Left atrial hematoma complicating inferior myocardial infarction

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