RUPTURE OF THE INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM DUE TO MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: W H REIFF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 June 1954RUPTURE OF THE INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM DUE TO MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: REPORT OF TWO CASESWILLIAM H. REIFF, M.D.WILLIAM H. REIFF, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-6-1125 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSeptal myocardial infarction has been described in the literature at great length, together with injection studies of the coronary arteries in the infarcted areas, and electrocardiographic correlation. An excellent review by Bond et al.9 presented a total of 93 cases of septal myocardial infarction with rupture of the interventricular septum. It is amazing that this entity has seldom found its way into textbooks of medicine, cardiology or electrocardiography.Wilson and Barker1, 2, 3, 4extensively investigated bundle branch block. By ligating the bundle branch in dogs they established electrocardiographic patterns of bundle branch block.5Following this, it was assumed that...Bibliography1. WilsonMacleodBarker FNAGPS: The order of ventricular excitation in human bundle branch block, Am. Heart J. 7: 305, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WilsonHillJohnston FNIGFD: The form of the electrocardiogram in experimental myocardial infarction; septal infarcts and origin of preliminary deflections of canine levocardiogram, Am. Heart J. 9: 596, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WilsonJohnstonRosenbaumErlangerKossmannHechtCotrimMenezes de OliveiraScarsi FNFDFFHCEHNRR: The precordial electrocardiogram, Am. Heart J. 27: 19, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WilsonRosenbaumJohnston FNFFFD: Interpretation of the ventricular complex of the electrocardiogram, in Advances in internal medicine, Vol. 2, 1947, Interscience Publishers, New York, pp. 1-64. Google Scholar5. RosenbaumErlangerCotrimJohnstonWilson FFHNFDFN: Effects of anterior infarction complicated by bundle branch block on the form of the QRS complex of the canine electrocardiogram, Am. Heart J. 27: 783, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Sager RV: Coronary thrombosis; perforation of the infarcted interventricular septum, Arch. Int. Med. 53: 140, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BayleyFader RHDE: Ante-mortem diagnosis of rupture of the interventricular septum as a result of myocardial infarction, Am. Heart J. 21: 238, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MyersKleinHiratzka GBHAT: Correlation of electrocardiographic and pathologic findings in infarction of the interventricular septum and right ventricle, Am. Heart J. 37: 720, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. BondWelfareLideMcMillan VFCRTNRL: Perforation of the interventricular septum following myocardial infarction, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 706, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma*Received for publication September 4, 1953. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDe subitaneis mortibus. XXIV. Ruptured interventricular septum and heart block.Rupture of the Infarcted Interventricular SeptumThirteen-year survival with acquired interventricular septal defect after myocardial infarctionHydrodynamics in ventricular septal defects 1 June 1954Volume 40, Issue 6Page: 1125-1134KeywordsCoronary arteriesElectrocardiographyMyocardial infarction ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...