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Relevance of delayed hospital admission on development of cardiac rupture during acute myocardial infarction: study in 225 patients with free wall, septal or papillary muscle rupture

^a Unitat Coronària, Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital General Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 The incidence of postinfarction angina in patients with SR, FWR or PMR was significantly higher than that in control patients with a first transmural AMI without rupture. *p < 0.0001. **p < 0.04.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Distribution of one-, two- or three-vessel disease (stenosis >70%) in patients with FWR, SR or PMR. The high incidence of single-vessel disease in each group is apparent.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Distribution of the infarct-related artery in patients with FWR, SR or PMR. The most salient findings were the reduced involvement of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in patients with PMR, the left circumflex coronary artery (CFX) in those with SR and the right coronary artery (RCA) in those with FWR.