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Marco Pocar¹, Davide Passolunghi, Alda Bregasi

¹Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Scientific Institute MultiMedica Hospital, Milan, Italy. marco.pocar@unimi.it

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Area of Science:

Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiac Surgery
Myocardial Infarction Research

Background:

Postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture complicates over 3% of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarctions.
It remains a significant surgical challenge despite recent declines.
TachoSil, a collagen-fibrinogen-thrombin patch, is used for hemostasis in cardiovascular surgery but not yet reported for free wall rupture.

Purpose of the Study:

To report initial clinical experience with TachoSil patching for ventricular free wall rupture repair.
To evaluate a novel on-pump sutureless technique for this condition.

Main Methods:

An on-pump, sutureless technique was employed.
Wide TachoSil patching was utilized for ventricular free wall rupture repair.
The procedure was performed without cardioplegia.

Main Results:

The study describes initial clinical experience with this technique.
Successful repair of free wall rupture using TachoSil patching was achieved.
The sutureless approach demonstrated feasibility.

Conclusions:

TachoSil patching represents a potentially useful adjunct for ventricular free wall rupture repair.
The described sutureless technique offers a novel approach to managing this critical complication.
Further investigation into this method is warranted.