Marques, AnaCaldeira, DanielAlegria, SofiaPereira, Ana RitaBriosa, AlexandraCruz, InêsAlmeida, Ana RitaJoão, IsabelPereira, Helder2021-01-042021-01-042020Cardiology Journal 2020, Vol. 27, No. 4, 437–4381897-5593http://hdl.handle.net/10451/45646Copyright © 2020 Via Medica.A 61-year-old male, former smoker and diabetic patient with a previous medical history noted for an inferior myocardial infarction complicated with left ventricular free wall rupture that had been surgically corrected 6 years prior, presented to the cardiology unit complaining of a new-onset dyspnoea, orthopnoea and fatigue which had started over the month prior to presenting.engjournal article10.5603/CJ.2020.01171898-018X