the word that means rupture of the heart is
Cardiorrhexis is rupture of the heart (cardio=HEART; rrhexis=RUPTURE). Myocardial rupture (or heart rupture) is a laceration or tearing of the walls of the ventricles or atria of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, of the papillary muscles or chordae tendineae or of one of the valves of the heart.