Chapter 3: Echocardiography in complications of acute myocardial infarction

Echocardiography is an ideal noninvasive test to detect mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction, such as papillary muscle rupture, myocardial free-wall rupture, pseudoaneurysm, and ventricular septal rupture.
Echocardiography can accurately detect the cause of a new systolic murmur and/or hemodynamic instability in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
The unique features of echocardiography, its portability and availability, allow examination of the critically ill at the bedside anywhere in the hospital.

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