title: Left ventricular rupture during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Left ventricular rupture is a highly lethal, but rare, complication of myocardial infarction. We report the first case of a postinfarction, intraoperative left ventricular apical rupture during an off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting due to the application of apical suction used to expose target vessels.
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA. thomas.schwann@utoledo.edu
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Schwann
authors: Shuab
authors: S
authors: Omer
authors: Robert H
authors: RH
authors: Habib
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male