SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF COMBINED SEPTAL AND BIVENTRICULAR FREE-WALL RUPTURE AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Citation
W. Blau et al., SUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF COMBINED SEPTAL AND BIVENTRICULAR FREE-WALL RUPTURE AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 34(3), 1995, pp. 231-234
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
231 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1995)34:3<231:SROCSA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The following case is the first report of successful repair of combine d left and right ventricular free wall and ventricular septal rupture. Reports of left ventricular free wall and septal rupture and reports of right ventricular free wall and septal rupture have been published both with and without successful surgical repair. This case demonstrat es the presence of left and right ventricular free wall rupture along with septal rupture based upon cardiac catherization and operative fin dings. In spite of her severe mechanical complications and prolonged h ospital course, the patient is completely functional 1 year after surg ical repair. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.