title: Successful repair of combined ventricular septal rupture and free wall rupture.
abstract: The successful surgical repair of combined ventricular septal perforation and free wall rupture (double rupture) after inferior myocardial infarction is reported. Extensive inferior wall infarctectomy was performed, and both defects were closed with a prosthetic patch, using a modification of the technique developed by Daggett. The patient was alive and well 1 year after operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizuhara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants