Ventricular Septal Dissection Complicating Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

Ventricular Septal Dissection Complicating Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

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Postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect is an increasingly rare mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction.We present a case of acute myocardial infarction from right coronary artery occlusion that developed hypotension and Angled Hood systolic murmur 12 hours after successful percutaneous coronary intervention.Although preoperative imaging suggested Stainless Steel Cleaner a large ventricular septal defect and a pseudoaneurysm, intraoperative findings concluded a serpiginous dissection of the ventricular septum.

The imaging technicalities are discussed.