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Fig. 1 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Fig. 1

From: Cardiac rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: the clinical features from an observational study and animal experiment

Fig. 1

Representative transthoracic echocardiographic images from patients with cardiac rupture. a 2-D image revealed discontinuity of the left ventricular (LV) wall (white arrow) and pericardial effusion (red arrow). b Color Doppler image demonstrated shunting of blood flow from the LV to the pericardium (white arrow) and presence of pericardial effusion (red arrow). c ventricular septum discontinuity (white arrow) in 2-D image. d shunting of blood from the LV to the right ventricle (RV, red arrow) in Color Doppler image; LA = left atrium; RA = right atrium

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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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