Hemopericardium Due to Idiopathic Coronary Artery Rupture Treated with Saphenous Vein Patch Plasty

We report a case of an idiopathic coronary artery rupture in a 41-year-old male patient who was admitted to the hospital with cardiac tamponade. On opening the chest via a median sternotomy and establishing cardiopulmonary bypass the hemopericardium's cause could be identified as a perforation...

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Main Authors: Mayr, Benedikt, Buchholz, Stefan, Hagl, Christian, Pichlmaier, Maximilian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5177422/