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Initial ECG recording showing significant ST-segment elevations in leads I and aVL and corresponding ST-segment depressions in II, III, and aVF.
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After syncope followed by acute chest pain in the morning during geriatric attendance in an external hospital, the immediately recorded electrocardiogram (ECG) showed significant ST-segment elevations in leads I and aVL and corresponding ST-segment depressions in all other leads, mainly II, III, and aVF (Figure 1).
Laevocardiography showing evasion of contrast agent at the anterolateral ventricular wall.
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Laevocardiography revealed evasion of the contrast agent at the anterolateral ventricular wall due to ventricular rupture (Figure 2):as already suspected in the initial computer tomography.