Despite a decline in the last three decades, postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture still complicates more than 3% of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarctions and remains a surgical challenge. TachoSil (Nycomed, Zurich, Switzerland) is an equine collagen patch coated with human fibrinogen and human thrombin, which has recently been used for haemostasis in cardiovascular surgery, but its potential usefulness in free wall rupture has not been reported. Initial clinical experience with an on-pump sutureless technique without cardioplegia, using wide TachoSil patching to achieve free wall rupture repair, has been described

TachoSil for postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture / M. Pocar, D. Passolunghi, A. Bregasi, F. Donatelli. - In: INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1569-9293. - 14:6(2012 Jun), pp. 866-867. [10.1093/icvts/ivs085]

TachoSil for postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture

M. Pocar
Primo
;
D. Passolunghi
Secondo
;
A. Bregasi
Penultimo
;
F. Donatelli
Ultimo
2012

Abstract

Despite a decline in the last three decades, postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture still complicates more than 3% of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarctions and remains a surgical challenge. TachoSil (Nycomed, Zurich, Switzerland) is an equine collagen patch coated with human fibrinogen and human thrombin, which has recently been used for haemostasis in cardiovascular surgery, but its potential usefulness in free wall rupture has not been reported. Initial clinical experience with an on-pump sutureless technique without cardioplegia, using wide TachoSil patching to achieve free wall rupture repair, has been described
Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiovascular surgical procedures; Haemostasis; Haemostatic techniques; Heart rupture; Myocardial infarction; Postinfarction
Settore MED/23 - Chirurgia Cardiaca
giu-2012
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