Surviving resuscitation: Successful repair of cardiac rupture

An 83-year-old man was found unconscious and was successfully resuscitated. Progressive cardiac failure developed. After 42 hours of observation echocardiography revealed cardiac tamponade and a discontinuity in the left atrial wall. Exploration showed a laceration of the left atrium at the junction...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 1996-02, Vol.61 (2), p.710-711
Hauptverfasser:	Bitkover, Catarina Y., Al-Khalili, Faris, Ribeiro, Ary, Liska, Jan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Cardiac Tamponade - surgery Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiopathies: etiologic forms (general aspects and miscellaneous) Cardiopulmonary Bypass Echocardiography Heart Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging Heart Atria - surgery Heart Massage - adverse effects Heart Rupture - diagnosis Heart Rupture - etiology Heart Rupture - surgery Humans Male Medical sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap
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Zusammenfassung:	An 83-year-old man was found unconscious and was successfully resuscitated. Progressive cardiac failure developed. After 42 hours of observation echocardiography revealed cardiac tamponade and a discontinuity in the left atrial wall. Exploration showed a laceration of the left atrium at the junction of the left pulmonary veins, which was closed with a direct suture on cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/0003-4975(95)00780-6