Key result
Emergency surgical repair using a double patch technique successfully treated a 55-year-old man with left ventricular free wall rupture post-myocardial infarction, leading to survival and improved ejection fraction at two years.
Why the study?
Left ventricular free wall rupture is a lethal complication following myocardial infarction where timely diagnosis, resuscitation, and quick surgical intervention are crucial.
Design
Case report
Follow-up
10th postoperative day
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to LVFWR suspicion in unstable post-MI patients; leaves open optimal management strategies pending larger studies.
Case Report (n=1)
Timely diagnosis and emergency surgical repair using a double patch technique can successfully salvage patients presenting with left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiogenic shock post-myocardial infarction.
Panesar et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture After Myocardial Infarction (n=1). Surgical repair (double patch technique) was evaluated on Patient survival and recovery. Emergency surgical repair using a double patch technique successfully treated a 55-year-old man with left ventricular free wall rupture post-myocardial infarction, leading to survival and improved ejection fraction at two years.
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