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.
Barreda
Eleodoro
E
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institut du Coeur, Pitiê Salpêtrière Hospital, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Flecher
Erwan
E
Aubert
Stéphane
S
Leprince
Pascal
P
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