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Abstract
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).
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- Cardiac Rupture
- Cardiac Ruptures
- Heart Ruptures
- Cardiac Free Wall Rupture
- Free Wall Rupture, Heart
- Ventricular Free Wall Rupture
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with HEART RUPTURE, TRAUMATIC see HEART INJURIES; coordinate IM with specific part (IM) if pertinent but VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE is available
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- Heart Diseases (1966-1977)
- Myocardial Infarction (1966-1977)
- Rupture, Spontaneous (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heart Rupture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006341. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006341
- Heart Rupture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_rupture
- Heart Rupture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4388752