title: Postinfarction rupture of left ventricular free wall repaired with a glued-on pericardial patch. Case report.
abstract: In a 68-year-old man admitted in deep shock, prompt echocardiographic diagnosis of postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture was followed by probably life-saving pericardiocentesis. At emergency surgery a 2 cm linear tear in the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle was successfully repaired with a glued-on pericardial patch, without infarctectomy or placement of sutures in the infarcted area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Almdahl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hotvedt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Sørlie
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*
chemical_list: D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive