Successful therapy of ventricular rupture by percutaneous intrapericardial instillation of fibrin glue: a case report.
Rupture of the ventricular myocardium is an often lethal complication after myocardial infarction. Due to the dramatic hemodynamics and the short time frame between ventricular rupture and surgical closure of the defect, additional therapeutic strategies are needed. Here we report the successful therapy of ventricular rupture by percutaneous intrapericardial instillation of fibrin glue in a 72-year-old male patient with postinfarct angina secondary to anterior myocardial infarction.
University Heart Center Freiburg, Cardiology and Angiology I, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Florian
F
Willecke
Christoph
C
Bode
Andreas
A
Zirlik