Anesthetic management for reentry sternotomy in a patient with a full stomach and pericardial tamponade from left ventricular rupture

Anesthetic management for reentry sternotomy in a patient with a full stomach and pericardial tamponade from left ventricular rupture

A 57-year-old man presented with chest pain and shortness of breath 1 month after left ventricular aneurysmectomy and ventricular septal defect closure for post-infarct left ventricular aneurysm and ventricular septal defect. Echocardiography revealed a large recurrent ruptured inferior left ventric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bryan G Maxwell, Katherine B Harrington, Nate E Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Full stomach
Pericardial tamponade
Rapid sequence induction
Ruptured ventricular aneurysm
Ventricular rupture
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2013;volume=16;issue=1;spage=51;epage=53;aulast=Maxwell

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