@article{JTD5307,
author = {Md Abdur Rob Rayhan and Yong-Ming He and Xiang-Jun Yang and Bing-Yuan Zhou and Xin Zhao and Hai-Feng Xu and Xiao-Jiao Du and Yun-Xia Qian},
title = {A rare long-term survival of the life-threatening trio: silent myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture, type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic bronchitis},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {7},
number = {9},
year = {2015},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Silent myocardial infarction followed by ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare phenomenon. In the absence of a timely diagnosis and surgical correction, the short term mortality of such patients is greater than 90%. We present one such unique case of a patient with an asymptomatic myocardial infarction complicated by VSR, type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic bronchitis. Unfortunately, this possibly life-threatening condition had been misdiagnosed for more than one month after initial medical contact. Lack of typical symptoms of chest pain and chronic bronchitis is primarily responsible for this long-time misdiagnosis. We want to emphasize the importance of systematic diagnostic work-up, high vigilance for possibility of VSR complicating myocardial infarction in aged patients with diabetes and chronic bronchitis, which may mislead doctors’ judgments and put patients at high risk.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/5307}
}