title: Right ventricular rupture in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: We report a rare case of the rupture of the right ventricle which occurred in a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCABG) for a redo bypass surgery. A 52-year-old male patient underwent a left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) bypass. Rupture of the right ventricle occurred abruptly during dissection to find the LAD. Too much dissection of the interventricular groove under undue traction of the pericardium may cause a rupture of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology*