Postinfarction rupture of left ventricular free wall repaired with a glued-on pericardial patch. Case report.
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.
Almdahl
S M
SM
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Tromsø, Norway.
Hotvedt
R
R
Larsen
U
U
Sørlie
D G
DG
D000368:Aged; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*
D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive