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[A rare complication of mediastinitis: rupture of the right ventricle]
J Valla1, H Staerman, B Sevray
1Clinique Chirurgicale Cardio-vasculaire et Thoracique, CHU Pontchaillou Rennes.
Annales De Chirurgie
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Two cases of right ventricular free wall rupture secondary to mediastinitis after cardiac surgery are reported. This complication is unusual and characterized by the singular mechanism of rupture (traction involving right ventricular free wall and chest adhesion) which occurs during episodes of coughing. Treatment by omentoplasty en sureda favorable outcome in both cases.