| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Heart Rupture | Health | Laceration or tearing of the walls of the heart, of the interatrial or interventricular septum, of the papillary muscles or chordae tendineae, or of any of the valves of the heart. Rupture may be due to a variety of pathological entities, however, the majority are secondary to myocardial infarction (heart rupture, post-infarction). (references) | |
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