Appropriate Surgical Repair of Ventricular Free Wall Rupture after Infarction: a Case Report

Ventricular free wall rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. In some cases it can be represented as subacute clinic and may not cause death in a few minutes. Acute pseudo-aneurysms are extremely unstable and bound to fatal rupture. Herein we report a male patient...

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Published in:	Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 775 - 778
Main Authors:	Sanrı, Umut Serhat, Özsin, Kadir Kaan, Toktaş, Faruk, Yavuz, Şenol
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 01-01-2019
Subjects:	Angioplasty Blood clots CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS Cardiology Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures - methods Case Report Case reports Coronary Angiography Coronary vessels Defects Dyspnea Echocardiography Ejection fraction Electrocardiography Heart attacks Heart Rupture Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction - diagnostic imaging Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction - surgery Heart surgery Heart Ventricles - surgery Humans Male Medical imaging Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology Myocardial Infarction - Surgery Pain Patients SURGERY Suture Techniques Veins & arteries Myocardial Infarction - Surgery Heart Rupture
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Summary:	Ventricular free wall rupture is a fatal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction. In some cases it can be represented as subacute clinic and may not cause death in a few minutes. Acute pseudo-aneurysms are extremely unstable and bound to fatal rupture. Herein we report a male patient who suffered dyspnea and mild chest pain, 4 weeks after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
ISSN:	1678-9741 0102-7638 1678-9741
DOI:	10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0205