Cardiac Rupture:

Terms Related to Cardiac Rupture

• Post Infarction Cardiac Rupture

  Rupture of the heart after myocardial infarction.

• Traumatic Cardiac Rupture

  General or unspecified injuries to the heart.

• Ventricular Septal Rupture

  Rupture of the intraventricular septum of the heart, usually secondary to myocardial infarction.

• Premature Rupture Fetal Membranes

  Spontaneous rupture of amniotic sac before the onset of uterine contractions.

• Aortic Rupture

  Tearing of aortic tissue. It may be rupture of an aneurysm or it may be due to trauma.

• Panophthalmitis

  Acute suppurative inflammation of the inner eye with necrosis of the sclera (and sometimes the cornea) and extension of the inflammation into the orbit. Pain ...