Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 791.e1-791.e3 , July 2010

Ventricular Septal Rupture and Right Ventricular Free Wall Dissection after Inferior Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Gernot Schram, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gernot Schram, MD, PhD, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street East, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada.
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  • Btissama Essadiqi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sacre-Coeur Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Michel Doucet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sacre-Coeur Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Denis Bouchard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Robert Amyot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Sacre-Coeur Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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PII: S0894-7317(09)01102-X

doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.11.020

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 791.e1-791.e3 , July 2010

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