One day in 2016, Mr. Sun, who has always been healthy, suddenly felt a stomachache after getting up at noon, but he took painkillers but did not relieve it. When he went to the hospital for a check, it turned out to be a special kind of myocardial infarction.
Doctors say his heart “load-bearing wall” collapsed and he was in critical condition, with an 80% mortality rate within a month.
Why is there such a serious situation? In fact, the “load-bearing wall” of the heart refers to the space between the two ventricles, just like a “wall” between the left and right ventricles, called the interventricular septum. Once it ruptures and perforates, the patient’s heart function will decline rapidly.
Even if the operation is successful, it cannot be immediately determined whether the patient is out of danger and must be immediately transferred to the ICU for care and observation.
The cause of ventricular septal rupture is mostly due to blockage of the anterior descending branch. The anterior descending branch is the thickest blood vessel in the heart. It has a large blood supply area, a long blood supply route, and many branch blood vessels, which are most prone to lesions. Once myocardial infarction occurs in the anterior descending branch, the affected area is large and the consequences are serious. If the rescue is not timely, it will be fatal.
However, unlike general myocardial infarction, the critical condition of ventricular septal rupture is more likely to occur in seemingly healthy people. Because people who have suffered a myocardial infarction for the first time have less collateral circulation in their own blood vessels, the possibility of ventricular septal rupture is relatively high.
For example, middle-aged and elderly people who are in good health, once a myocardial infarction occurs, the symptoms may deteriorate rapidly, such as heart murmur, chest pain, chest tightness, rapid breathing, profuse sweating, etc., must be vigilant. If a person without gastrointestinal disease suddenly has severe stomach pain, it may also be a heart attack, and the cause should be identified as soon as possible.
If you want to prevent this special myocardial infarction, in addition to avoiding irregular diet and life, you should also actively carry out step-by-step exercise to enhance the heart’s ability to resist stress.
Sports suitable for exercising and nourishing the mind mainly include walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, etc., but you must do what you can, to the extent of sweating slightly. Otherwise, excessive exercise will make people weaker and weaker.
Today’s summary
Bleeding from a ruptured interventricular septum, which can be more dangerous than a typical heart attack, often occurs in seemingly healthy people. Therefore, we usually need to observe more physical abnormalities and do regular heart function tests.
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