title: Sutureless off-pump repair of post-infarction left ventricular free wall rupture.
abstract: Left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction has a high mortality. Suturing techniques of repair may be technically difficult and require cardiopulmonary bypass. We report a case of left ventricular rupture in a 47 year old man managed off pump employing a sutureless technique with Gelatine-Resorcin-Formalin glue and bovine pericardial patches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. hunaidvohra@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Hunaid A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: Samena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: Christopher M R
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Satur
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heber
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ridley
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000601:surgery; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives