Surgical strategy for left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction Junzo Iemura, MD, Hidetaka Oku, MD, Masaki Otaki, MD, Hitoshi Kitayama, MD, Takehiro Inoue, MD, Toshihiko Kaneda, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 71, Issue 1, Pages 201-204 (January 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02211-6
Fig 1 Frequency of left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and clinical course from January 1989 to March 2000. ∗Excluding 5 patients (pts.) who previously developed rupture before being brought to the coronary care unit (CCU) from another hospital. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 201-204DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02211-6)