1. Left ventricular-free wall rupture after successful coronary intervention: Report of a case
- Author
-
Yoshikazu Fujiwara, Suguru Shiraya, Kengo Nishimura, Satoshi Kamihira, Motonobu Nishimura, Shingo Harada, Yoshinobu Nakamura, and Shingo Ishiguro
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart Ventricles ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Perforation (oil well) ,Heart Rupture ,Myocardial Infarction ,Autopsy ,Coronary Angiography ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Fatal Outcome ,Suture (anatomy) ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Myocardial infarction ,Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary ,Cardiac Surgical Procedures ,Aged ,business.industry ,Suture Techniques ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Conventional PCI ,Cardiology ,Female ,Tamponade ,business ,Reperfusion injury ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
We experienced the case of a left ventricular-free wall rupture (LVFWR) following successful coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized because of chest oppression that had been continuing for 8 days. She was diagnosed to have AMI, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed. PCI was successful. However, immediately following PCI, she developed electromechanical dissociation secondary to tamponade because of blow-out-type LVFWR. The perforation tear was initially closed by a direct suture, followed by reinforcement using bovine pericardium patches sealed with GRF glue. The patient died of irreversible brain damage on postoperative day 3, but no re-bleeding or aneurysmal dilatation was detected at autopsy.
- Published
- 2008
- Full Text
- View/download PDF