• Int J Artif Organs · Oct 2009

    Case Reports

    Management of left ventricular free wall rupture under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.

    • Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Polychronis Antonitsis, Stavros Hadjimiltiades, Georgios Karapanagiotidis, Christophoros Foroulis, Helena Argiriadou, and Christos Papakonstantinou.
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
    • Int J Artif Organs. 2009 Oct 1; 32 (10): 756-8.

    AbstractThis is a case report of a patient with left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction that was managed successfully with the use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit for resuscitation, surgical repair and postoperative circulatory support. Conversion to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass for surgical repair was avoided. Decompression of the left ventricle during the postoperative period promotes myocardial recovery and leads to improved fixation of surgical repair.

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