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 2019-01, Vol.34 (6), p.775-778
Main Authors: Sanrı, Umut Serhat, Özsin, Kadir Kaan, Toktaş, Faruk, Yavuz, Şenol
Format: Article
Language:English
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
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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