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Case Sharing: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction, Rescued by Impella Induction

Case Sharing: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction, Rescued by Impella Induction
Dr. Yu Masutani, Nara Prefecture General Medical Center

Case Example

Woman in her 70s

Chief complaint

Chest pain

Current medical history

ADL full, lives alone
The patient had a cerebral infarction in X-12 and suffered no sequelae. She continued her medication, but her condition did not improve. At around 18:00 on April X, XXXX, she experienced a sudden chest pain, and called for emergency medical assistance.

Medical history

Postoperative breast cancer, 
Rheumatoid arthritis, 
Cerebral infarction

Medication history

Salazosulfapyridine 500mg 1T, 
Famotidine 20mg 1T, 
aspirin 100mg 1T, 
Prednisolone 2.5mg 1T

Family history

None 

Life history

Smoking 20 cigarettes/day (20s-50s), 
No alcohol consumption

Present symptoms at the time of visit

GCS E4V5M6, 
BP 150/90mmHg, 
HR 71/min, 
RR 24 times/min, 
SpO2 98% (10L reservoir), 
BT 36.2°C, 
Heart sounds: no murmur, 
Respiratory sounds bilateral coarse crackles, 
No leg edema
Blood test WBC 10,000/µL RBC 427×104/μL Hb 13.4g/dL PLT 26....
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