title: Acute left ventricular rupture secondary to myocardial infarction. Report of long-term survival after early surgical repair.
abstract: The case of a 53-year-old male patient is presented who experienced acute left ventricular rupture 12 hours after a myocardial infarct. Immediately following emergency right heart catheterization and pericardiocentesis the patient was operated upon after preliminary institution of femoro-femoral partial heart-lung bypass. Left ventricular rupture in the area of an apical infarct was found which was successfully treated by direct closure. The patient made a complete recovery subsequent to a complicated postoperative course.
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004630:Emergencies; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*