Cardiac rupture after catheter ablation procedure.

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We describe a patient in whom cardiac tamponade developed owing to left ventricular rupture after a catheter ablation procedure. Rapid surgical exploration and use of cardiopulmonary bypass facilitated safe repair of the injury site and survival of the patient without complications.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann. Thorac. Surg.

Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1552-6259

ISSN (Print): 0003-4975

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2005

Volume: 80

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. tetsuya@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp

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Publisher Item ID: S0003-4975(04)00268-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.01.017

PubMed ID: 15975397

SO-VID: 780fc3b7-fbbc-4885-84c3-30a794184ffa

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