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3514631

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Left ventricular rupture secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) if untreated, is invariably fatal. Successful surgical correction reported in the reviewed literature amounts to twenty cases. This is the case presentation of a 53 year old Caucasian woman admitted urgently to our Institution 6 hours after acute chest pain with a presumptive diagnosis of intrapericardial aortic rupture secondary to acute ascending aortic dissection. A cross-sectional echocardiogram demonstrated a posterior left ventricular rupture secondary to myocardial infarction. Emergency repair was carried out with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and the patient was discharged after an uneventful recovery. However, five months later she was reoperated on for resection of a large pseudoaneurysm presumably secondary to incomplete resection of nonviable myocardium at the first operation. The patient made an uneventful recovery and remains asymptomatic and well. On the basis of this experience and review of the literature the authors propose a more aggressive approach in an attempt to improve the salvage rate of this not so rare complication of AMI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
332-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful repair of post-infarction heart rupture. Case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports