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Heart Ruptures

Heart Ruptures Definition & Meaning
Heart Ruptures Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Medical Term Heart Ruptures?

Laceration or tearing of the walls of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, of the papillary muscles or chordae tendineae, or of any of the valves of the heart. Rupture may be due to a variety of pathological entities, however, the majority are secondary to myocardial infarction (HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION).

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