DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i10.014

Pages: 1047-1049

Ventricular septal rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction for which there are neither means of predicting or monitoring, nor an effective therapy. The incidence of this catastrophic event was made rare by the large use of different reperfusion techniques; however, the burden of this complication remains high. Here we report a case of ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction in a 51-year-old patient through which we focus on the clinical and epidemiological features of this rare complication, and we discuss the different treatment options.