Myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture in a patient with polycythemia vera and minimal coronary ectasia

Jonathan B. Choy; Jeffrey R. Burton; Patricia A. Penkoske; Dylan A. Taylor

Myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture in a patient with polycythemia vera and minimal coronary ectasia

Jonathan B. Choy, Jeffrey R. Burton, Patricia A. Penkoske, Dylan A. Taylor

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Abstract

Although it is known that patients with polycythemia vera (PV) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) secondary to thrombosis, ventricular septal rupture in this setting has never been reported. Ventricular septal rupture complicating a small anteroseptal MI is reported in a patient with PV and with only minimal ectasia of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Despite small infarct size these patients may be predisposed to myocardial hemorrhage, increasing the likelihood of myocardial rupture.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1161-1164
Number of pages	4
Journal	Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Volume	14
Issue number	9
State	Published - Sep 1998

Keywords

Acute myocardial infarction
Polycythemia vera
Ventricular septal defect

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Myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture in a patient with polycythemia vera and minimal coronary ectasia

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