Chinese-hat patch glue repair of incomplete apical ventricular rupture.
Left ventricular free wall rupture is a dramatic complication of myocardial infarction. Sub-acute rupture may be compatible with life for several days or even longer. We present a simple and effective technique of construction of a conical apical patch, Chinese-hat, which was applied successfully to the infracted left ventricular (LV) apex with surgical glue, without using cardiopulmonary bypass. The application of this technique permitted the consequent off-pump double coronary artery bypass of a patient, who was at high risk of complications due to extracorporeal circulation.
Panagiotou
Matthew
M
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Koletsis
Efstratios N
EN
Markakis
Konstantinos
K
Mourtzis
Nikolaos
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