title: Postinfarction heart rupture of posterior wall repaired by covering patch.
abstract: A 46-year-old man underwent emergency surgery for heart rupture after acute infarction of the posterior wall. Echocardiography revealed limited myocardial thinning, so rather than sutureless repair, a covering patch was used in view of the risk of recurrent rupture. Postoperative echocardiography showed the myocardial thinning had progressed to a wide defect, and computed tomography demonstrated that the covering patch had prevented a repeat rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, 1-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330-0834, Japan. kimura-n@omiya.jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Homare
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015718:Fibrin Tissue Adhesive; D014014:Tissue Adhesives