Remote right ventricular rupture after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a catastrophic complication of occult right ventricular infarction in a patient with a sternal infection

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2008 Apr;22(2):270-2. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2007.01.004. Epub 2007 Apr 18.

Authors

Paul S Pagel¹, Zafar Iqbal, Sweeta D Gandhi, Jutta Novalija, Sandeep Markan, Judith A May, G Hossein Almassi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

PMID: 18375334
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2007.01.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Catastrophic Illness
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Fatal Outcome
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / microbiology
Heart Ventricles / microbiology
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / microbiology
Occult Blood
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Postoperative Complications / microbiology
Sternum / microbiology
Sternum / surgery
Surgical Wound Infection / complications
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology