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Indwelling catheter-induced right ventricular rupture
I N Nuño1, K A Ashton, K M Uppal
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 6, 1999
Abstract:
We describe a case of a 68-year-old man who, because of postoperative mediastinitis, underwent a multiple muscle flap closure of the mediastinum. A chronic indwelling catheter led to erosion and rupture of the anterior wall of the right ventricle. The near exsanguinating hemorrhage was corrected under circulatory arrest. A pericardial patch repair was performed with good results.