[Successful repair of combined cardiac rupture and septal perforation after myocardial infarction]. 1997

H Sakurai, and M Maeda, and N Sai, and J Iwase, and H Takemura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shakaihoken Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.

A 78-year-old woman was operated on with a diagnosis of oozing-type cardiac rupture after an acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Pericardial drainage was performed and hemostasis was obtained by dressing with local hemostatics. As hemodynamics improved, elevation of pulmonary artery pressure and a step-up in oxygen concentration in the pulmonary artery from a Swan-Ganz catheter sample appeared. A left-to-right shunt was observed in the operative field with color Doppler echocardiography and a diagnosis of ventricular septal perforation (VSP) was made. Subsequently, intracavitary repair with two sheets of equine pericardial patch, sutured using interrupted mattress sutures with felt pledgets, was performed. Her early course after operation was satisfactory in spite of a small residual shunt. However, thirty-one days later she was returned to surgery because of an increasing residual shunt. Looseness of several interrupted mattress sutures and thrombus adherent to the internal surface of the pericardial patch were observed. The thrombus was removed and the patch was reattached using both interrupted mattress sutures with felt pledgets and continuous suture. She had an uneventful recovery thereafter. As double rupture is not a rare complication after myocardial infarction, a careful hemodynamic examination is necessary and important in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac rupture. We consider that interrupted mattress sutures are a better technique for early repair of the VSP to reduce a risk of residual shunt due to the weakness and unclear border of infarcted myocardial tissue, and continuous suture is acceptable to repair the VSP 3 to 4 weeks later after infarction. Long-term anticoagulant therapy is necessary after intracavitary repair using equine pericardial patch.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
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
D006348 Cardiac Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the heart. Cardiac Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Cardiac Surgical,Procedure, Heart Surgical,Procedures, Cardiac Surgical,Procedures, Heart Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Cardiac,Surgical Procedure, Heart,Surgical Procedures, Cardiac,Surgical Procedures, 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
D018658 Ventricular Septal Rupture Laceration or tearing of the VENTRICULAR SEPTUM, usually caused by MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Ventricular Septal Perforation,Septal Rupture, Ventricular,Septal Ruptures, Ventricular,Ventricular Septal Ruptures

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