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- Title
TachoSil® for postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture.
- Authors
Pocar, Marco; Passolunghi, Davide; Bregasi, Alda; Donatelli, Francesco
- 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.
- Publication
Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 6, p866
- ISSN
1569-9293
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icvts/ivs085