Rupture of the Right Ventricle After Closed-Chest Cardiac Massage | Zendy

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Rupture of the Right Ventricle After Closed-Chest Cardiac Massage

Author(s) -

Stefanie Mangold,

Stephan Miller,

Hermann Aebert

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.968966

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiothoracic surgery , ventricle , radiology , cardiology , surgery

A 64-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with chest discomfort. ECG recording and coronary angiography were performed and revealed myocardial infarction due to an occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. During angiography, cardiac arrest occurred, and closed-chest cardiac massage was performed successfully. After 3 minutes of resuscitation, a sinus rhythm was restored, but the patient developed progressive hemodynamic instability. To exclude other potential causes of hemodynamic deterioration such as aortic …

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