Cardiac rupture as current complication following acute myocardial infarction

Definition

A tearing of acutely infarcted tissue after acute myocardial infarction, which may involve the papillary muscles, interventricular septum, or free wall of either ventricle.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain current complications following acute myocardial infarction

• BA60.0Dressler syndrome
• BA60.1Other pericarditis as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.2Ventricular aneurysm as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.3Ventricular septal defect as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.5Pulmonary embolism as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.6Rupture of papillary muscle or chordae tendineae as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.7Mural thrombus as current complication following acute myocardial infarction
• BA60.8Arrhythmia as current complication following acute myocardial infarction