Acute Left Ventricular Rupture Secondary to Myocardial Infarction. Report of Long-term Survival after Early Surgical Repair

Ph. Y. Baudouy; Ph. Menasche; S. Kural; M. Wolff; A. Piwnica

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1022435

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1982; 30(6): 409-411
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022435

Case Report

Acute Left Ventricular Rupture Secondary to Myocardial Infarction. Report of Long-term Survival after Early Surgical Repair

Ph. Y. Baudouy¹ , Ph. Menasche² , S. Kural² , M. Wolff³ , A. Piwnica²

¹Department of Cardiology and
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France
³Department of Infectious Disease, Hôpital Claude Bernard, Paris, France

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1982

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

The case of a 53-year-old male patient is presented who experienced acute left ventricular rupture 12 hours after a myocardial infarct. Immediately following emergency right heart catheterization and pericardiocentesis the patient was operated upon after preliminary institution of femoro-femoral partial heart-lung bypass. Left ventricular rupture in the area of an apical infarct was found which was successfully treated by direct closure.

The patient made a complete recovery subsequent to a complicated postoperative course.

Key words

Acute myocardial infarction - Acute left ventricular rupture - emergency open heart surgery