title: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after sutureless repair of subacute left ventricular free wall rupture: a case report.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman presenting with a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm 27 months after sutureless repair of a subacute left ventricular free wall rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction is described. An autologous pericardial patch and gelatin resorcin formaldehyde (GRF) glue were used in the repair. A small pseudoaneurysm bulged out over the true aneurysm of the left ventricle. We performed a Dor operation and concomitant bypass grafting to the right coronary artery. Although sutureless repair is an effective procedure for subacute left ventricular free wall rupture, left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in the late postoperative period may be a rare problem after this repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, 3-20-1 Teruya, Okinawa 904-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iha
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ikemura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Higa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuniyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koja
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013537:Sutures