title: Double-patch sandwich repair for left ventricular free wall rupture.
abstract: We present a case of a patient with left ventricular free wall rupture who successfully underwent emergency surgical repair using the double-patch sandwich technique. This technique has already been used for the treatment of left ventricular aneurysm and retains the proper shape and size of the left ventricle. Multislice computed tomography was fast and non-invasive in the detection of a ventricular rupture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. yamamoto@tokyo-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ushijima
authors.forename: Munehisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome