ABSTRACT
Se presenta el caso de una mujer de 55 años de edad, con antecedentes de epilepsia, que ingresa para cirugía electiva de reemplazo valvular. Se realizó reemplazo de la válvula mitral con una prótesis biológica, el cual se complicó con una laceración del ventrículo izquierdo, motivo por el que la paciente falleció en el período post-operatorio. Se presentan los hallazgos de la autopsia.
A 55 years old female patient with a history of epilepsy, was admitted for elective cardiac surgery. Mitral valve replacementwas performed with bioprosthesis, The surgery was complicated by a left ventricular laceration that ultimately resulted inthe death of the patient during the postoperative period. The autopsy findings are presented.
Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Costa Rica , Epilepsy , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular , Mitral Valve/surgery , Mitral Valve/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Ischemic ventricular rupture is one of the most fatal complications following myocardial infarction, and this requires prompt diagnosis and operation. A 75-year-old female was admitted to the ER in a semicomatous mentality with cyanotic extremities. Cardiac echography was carried out in the ER, and a 1.5~2 cm thickness of effusion in the pericardium was seen. Because the patient's heart had declined to 35 times per min, an emergency operation was started while giving cardiac massage. After observing a 1 cm rupture on the right ventricular wall and a necrotic hemorrhagic scar with a rupture on the left ventricular apical wall, repair of the ruptured areas with a large Satinsky clamp was carried out to control bleeding without cardiopulmonary bypass. On the 28th day after surgery, she was discharged home with a minimal degree of dyspnea.