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    Ital Heart J. 2002 Dec;3(12):755-7.

    Left ventricular free wall rupture: off-pump sutureless patch and glue technique.

    Mariani MA, D'Alfonso A, Nardi C, Grandjean JG.

    Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy. massimo_mariani@hotmail.com

    Left ventricular free wall rupture is a well-recognized complication of myocardial infarction and is a frequent cause of death. Immediate surgical repair is the treatment of choice and many different surgical approaches have been reported. We describe an off-pump sutureless technique with the use of a glutaraldehyde-treated bovine pericardial patch and biological glue (N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate) in a 60-year-old male patient with echocardiographic evidence of cardiac tamponade and a free wall rupture site on the lateral wall. The recovery was uneventful and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the eleventh postoperative day. At 3 months, he remained well and without any symptoms.

    PMID: 12611130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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