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Fig. 1 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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From: Successful emergent repair of a subacute left ventricular free wall rupture after acute inferoposterolateral myocardial infarction

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Preoperative transthoracic echocardiographic imaging. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography showing covered left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) of the lateral wall in the apical four-chamber view (a) and the parasternal short-axis view (b). Note extensive pericardial fluid (PF) and the close proximity of the rupture to the anterolateral papillary muscle (ALPM)

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