title: Hemopericardium Due to Idiopathic Coronary Artery Rupture Treated with Saphenous Vein Patch Plasty.
abstract: We report a case of an idiopathic coronary artery rupture in a 41-year-old male patient who was admitted to the hospital with cardiac tamponade. On opening the chest via a median sternotomy and establishing cardiopulmonary bypass the hemopericardium's cause could be identified as a perforation of the right posterior descending coronary artery which was treated with a saphenous vein patch plasty. With idiopathic coronary artery rupture being a rare diagnosis, one should always consider it in a young patient presenting with cardiac tamponade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hagl
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Munich LMU, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pichlmaier
keywords: artery/arteries (includes all peripheral arteries); cardiovascular surgery; heart disease