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    [Use of 2-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of interventricular septum rupture following myocardial infarction].
    (National Institutes of Health, 1984) Balvanera Abreu A; Portos Jm; Robledo Tovi Jl; Frade García J
    Interventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of the acute myocardial infarction. We report a case with rupture 4 weeks after diaphragmatic wall necrosis. The patient developed heart failure, precordial murmur and clinical signs of left-to-right shunt. The septal rupture was detected by two-dimensional echocardiogram and confirmed by catheterization. The surgical correction of the defect, was successful.