Myocardial rupture

MONDO:0020983

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).

Also known as: Cardiac Free Wall Rupture, Cardiac Rupture, Cardiac Ruptures, Free Wall Rupture, Heart, Heart Rupture, Heart Ruptures, Myocardial Rupture, Rupture of heart

1 clinical trial for this condition and its sub-types, 1 tagged with Myocardial rupture itself.

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New heart scan may predict deadly rupture after heart attack

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This study looked at 250 people who had a severe type of heart attack involving bleeding into the heart muscle. Researchers tested whether a measurement called the wall strain index ratio, taken from a heart MRI, could identify areas of the heart at risk of tearing (rupture). The…

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Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:12 UTC

Myocardial rupture

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New heart scan may predict deadly rupture after heart attack