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Ann Thorac Surg 1983;36:209-213
© 1983 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Surgical Salvage of Heart Rupture: Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

Western Heart Institute, St. Mary's Hospital, and the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Accepted for publication August 26, 1982.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Bashour, Cardiology Division, St. Mary's Hospital, 450 Stanyan St, San Francisco, CA 94117

Two patients who sustained cardiac rupture complicating recent myocardial infarction were salvaged by expeditious diagnosis and surgical treatment. The cases of 9 other similar patients have been reported in the English-language literature. The cases of these 11 patients were reviewed in an attempt to find common clinical, pathological, and therapeutic features that might have been instrumental in the successful outcome of this usually fatal complication.

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