Left ventricular free wall rupture after myocardial infarction: Still a challenging complication

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Sep;158(3):e97-e98. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.05.038. Epub 2019 Jun 27.

Authors

Francesco Formica¹, Stefano D'Alessandro², Gurmeet Singh³

Affiliations

¹ Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Coordinator, Cardiac Surgery Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
² Surgery Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

PMID: 31256958
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.05.038

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Heart Rupture*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction*
Sutureless Surgical Procedures*