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Left ventricular rupture during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. 2011

Thomas A Schwann, and Shuab Omer, and Robert H Habib

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio 43614, USA. thomas.schwann@utoledo.edu

Left ventricular rupture is a highly lethal, but rare, complication of myocardial infarction. We report the first case of a postinfarction, intraoperative left ventricular apical rupture during an off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting due to the application of apical suction used to expose target vessels.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008297	Male		Males
D006342	Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction	Laceration or tearing of cardiac tissues appearing after MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.	Post-Infarction Heart Rupture,Cardiac Rupture, Post-Infarction,Cardiac Rupture, Post Infarction,Cardiac Ruptures, Post-Infarction,Heart Rupture, Post Infarction,Heart Ruptures, Post-Infarction,Post Infarction Heart Rupture,Post-Infarction Cardiac Rupture,Post-Infarction Cardiac Ruptures,Post-Infarction Heart Ruptures,Rupture, Post-Infarction Cardiac,Rupture, Post-Infarction Heart,Ruptures, Post-Infarction Cardiac,Ruptures, Post-Infarction Heart
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D047549	Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump	Coronary artery bypass surgery on a beating HEART without a CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS (diverting the flow of blood from the heart and lungs through an oxygenator).	Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass,Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass,Coronary Artery Bypass, Beating Heart,Coronary Artery Bypass, Off Pump,Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass