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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:719-720
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut USA
Accepted for publication April 12, 1989.
* Address reprint requests to Dr Allmendinger, 85 Seymour St, Hartford, CT 06106.
Trauma to the heart and mediastinum is associated with external cardiac massage. A patient had undergone a redo mitral valve replacement and experienced an uneventful postoperative course. During a visit to her physician 6 weeks after operation, she experienced ventricular fibrillation that required external cardiac massage and subsequent defibrillation. Postresuscitation evaluation revealed a posterior pseudoaneurysm of the ventricle. This was repaired viz a transthoracic approach with the use of profound hypothermia.
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