Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2011
Shortly before death a patient got an electrocardiographically based diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Autopsy revealed that the myocardial cavity contained 200 ml of liquid blood and 400 g of clots; the posterior wall of the left ventricle had a perforation up to 2 cm long. What complication of myocardial infraction is it?
Answer options
- Exudative pericarditis
- Haemorrhagic pericarditis
- Myocardial rupture with cardiac tamponade
- Idiopathic myocarditis
- Stone heart
Correct answer
Myocardial rupture with cardiac tamponade
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