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Myocardial infarction complications
The complications of a myocardial infarction, or heart attack, range from arrhythmias and pericarditis within hours to myocardial rupture, ventricular aneurysm, and Dressler syndrome over weeks.
Myocardial rupture
Myocardial rupture, or cardiac rupture, is a tear of the infarcted heart wall, septum, or papillary muscle after acute MI. Incidence fell from about 6% to 1–2% with reperfusion; mortality remains 40–90% and surgery is definitive.