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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 21, 175-179, Copyright © 1976 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
RM Abel, MJ Buckley, AL Friedlich and WG Austen
A 50-year-old man sustained free rupture of the left ventricle four weeks
following a massive anterior myocardial infarction. The rupture occurred at
the junction between a bulging left ventricular aneurysm that was not yet
fibrotic and normal myocardium without evidence of fresh myocardial
infarction. Accurate preoperative diagnosis aided by echocardiography and
right heart catheterization made possible a planned surgical approach.
Postoperative support with intraaortic balloon pumping appeared to be
beneficial in maintaining statisfactory cardiac function until an adequate
stroke volume could be reestablished, presumably by an increase in left
ventricular volume.
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