Sutureless off-pump repair of post-infarction left ventricular free wall rupture.
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.
Vohra
Hunaid A
HA
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals North Staffordshire NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. hunaidvohra@yahoo.co.uk
Chaudhry
Samena
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Satur
Christopher M R
CM
Heber
Mary
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Butler
Rob
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Ridley
Paul D
PD
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
D000269:Adhesives