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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:643
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Myocardial infarction and ventricular septal rupture caused by myocardial bridging

^a Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos Hospital, 28 Doukissis Plakentias str, 11523 Athens, Greece
^b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
^c Hemodynamic Laboratory, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 22 July 2003; received in revised form 15 December 2003; accepted 9 January 2004.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +30-10-8048427; fax: +30-10-8104367
e-mail: geros@compulink.gr

Key Words: Myocardial bridge • Ventricular septal rupture • Myocardial infarction

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A 76-year-old man was thrombolysed because of an anterior myocardial infarction. The echocardiogram showed a rupture located in the apical part of the ventricular septum . . . [Full Text of this Article]