Extracorporeal life support in right ventricular rupture secondary to blast injury.
Nowadays, indications of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) are increasing. We here describe a case of right ventricular rupture requiring challenging sutures. We installed an ECLS to re-establish the haemodynamic conditions and to discharge the ruptured right ventricle, permitting us to suture it.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institut du Coeur, Pitiê Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Eleodoro
E
Barreda
Erwan
E
Flecher
Stéphane
S
Aubert
Pascal
P
Leprince
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
D003287:Contrast Media