title: Autotransplantation for Threatened Cardiac Rupture After Left Ventricular Repair.
abstract: A 26-year-old Japanese woman experienced threatened cardiac rupture after mitral valve replacement and debridement of a left ventricular (LV) posterior wall abscess caused by infectious endocarditis. We performed cardiac autotransplantation using the bicaval technique to allow bench repair of the recurrent abscess. A balloon catheter was inflated in the inferior vena cava to obtain a bloodless anastomotic field. This is the first report of autotransplantation for threatened LV rupture after posterior wall repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: hatahiroaki@nihon-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Motomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiono
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sezai
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome