[Echocardiographic diagnosis of rupture of the interventricular septum and release into the wall of the left ventricle (with formation of pseudoaneurysm) in inferior myocardial infarction].

A case of inferior myocardial infarction in a 77 years old woman suffering from angina pectoris for 8 years, is reported. The clinical course was complicated by mild heart failure secondary to interventricular septum repture, diagnosed by Doppler-echocardiography. The patient was discharged in III-IV NYHA class with medical therapy.

[Prodromic syndrome and recovery time in acute myocardial infarction].

The presence of prodromic syndrome and the time between the first symptoms and the actual admission to hospital have been considered in a personal series of 644 patients with acute myocardial infarction. The applicability of a systemic thrombolysis protocol has been examined in a subgroup of 108 patients. The high percentage of patients who had prodromic syndrome (46.