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).