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Survival Following Traumatic Ventricular Rupture and Prolonged Ambulance Transport in a Patient With Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Author(s) -
Juvet Tristan,
AlKhalifa Abdulwahab,
Singh Steve K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12183
Subject(s) - medicine , bypass grafting , artery , median sternotomy , hemodynamics , cardiology , surgery , coronary artery bypass surgery , cardiac surgery , anesthesia
Patients presenting with traumatic cardiac rupture are unlikely to survive lengthy transfers from the trauma scene to a hospital. However, in patients with a previous sternotomy, adhesions may divert cardiac hemorrhage, allowing hemodynamic management to be successful. We present an 83‐year‐old male with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) who sustained a right ventricular rupture. He underwent an immediate redo sternotomy and was discharged 10 days postoperatively with no complications. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12183 (J Card Surg 2013;28:684–686)