Heart Rupture
Synonyms
Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
Cardiac Rupture
Cardiac Ruptures
Free Wall Rupture, Heart
Heart Ruptures
Ventricular Free Wall Rupture
Disease-related laceration or tearing of tissues of the heart, including the free-wall MYOCARDIUM; HEART SEPTUM; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; and any of the HEART VALVES. Pathological rupture usually results from myocardial infarction (HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION).