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Transmyocardial left-to-right shunt complicating acute inferior wall myocardial infarction after aortocoronary bypass.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1079375     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 61-year-old woman suffered an inferior wall myocardial infarction on the third day following aortocoronary bypass surgery. Her condition subsequently deteriorated and she was not responsive to vigorous conventional therapy. On the twenty-first postoperative day, selective coronary arteriography revealed a patent circumflex bypass graft and an occluded right coronary artery bypass graft. Left ventricular injection showed slight dilation of the ventricle and a reduced ejection fraction. A dissection from the left ventricular cavity into the myocardium, across the septum near the apex of the left ventricle with rupture into the right ventricle, was seen functioning as a left-to-right shunt with a step-up in oxygen saturation at that level. This was corrected by operation on the twenty-ninth postoperative day and, 9 months after operation, the patient remains asymptomatic and has normal exercise tolerance.
Authors:
F Ibrahim; S A Kinard; E L Schwartz; E B Diethrich
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Surgery     Volume:  77     ISSN:  0039-6060     ISO Abbreviation:  Surgery     Publication Date:  1975 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1975-07-18     Completed Date:  1975-07-18     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417347     Medline TA:  Surgery     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  285-90     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects*
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Catheterization
Heart Diseases / etiology,  surgery
Heart Septum*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications,  etiology*
Prostheses and Implants
Rupture, Spontaneous
Saphenous Vein / transplantation
Transplantation, Autologous

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