[Surgical salvage of cardiac rupture: a case report]

Kyobu Geka. 1990 Sep;43(10):847-50.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 39-year-old man suffered from acute myocardial infarction. Echo cardiography showed the presence of intra-pericardial fluid. We had emergent operation. We successfully salvaged cardiac rupture with fibrin glue and oxy-cellulose without cardiopulmonary bypass. His post-operative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged on the seventh week after the operation. The problems of acute cardiac rupture were discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography
  • Emergencies
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male