Ischemic left ventricular free wall rupture followed by ventricular septal perforation
Matsushita, T.; Ebisawa, K.; Konishi, H.; Misawa, Y.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 57(12): 1099-1102
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 15553023 Document Number: 569971
A 78-year-old woman underwent coronary angiography because of acute onset of anterior chest pain, disclosing total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. After this she fell into circulatory collapse. As a subsequent chest computed tomography (CT) revealed pericardial effusion, she was transferred to our hospital. At operation, an oozing lesion was found on the left ventricular anterior wall near the apex. Under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, the bleeding was completely controlled by applying fibrin glue sheets. On the thirteenth day after operation, a new systolic murmur appeared with hemodynamic deterioration. Echocardiographic examination revealed ventricular septal perforation, and she underwent reoperation. The ventricular septal perforation was recognized on the apical anterior wall. It was repaired by an infarction exclusion method. The postoperative course was uneventful. Although ischemic ventricular double rupture is a very rare complication, patients who have risk factors for cardiac rupture need to be intensively followed up.