Right ventricular rupture after coronary surgery.
A 70-year-old woman suffered a fatal right ventricular rupture 12 h after uneventful coronary surgery. Post-mortem examination revealed that the rupture had occurred through an area of fatty infiltration. Myocardium had been replaced by fat cells. The literature is reviewed and pathology of this condition discussed.
Barnard
S P
SP
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Kitching
P A
PA
Kulatilake
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EN
D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004630:Emergencies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology