Right ventricular dysplasia may pose risk of ventricular rupture after cardiac operations.

Asplund, S L; Taylor, P C; Ratliff, N B · Ann Thorac Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the second case of rupture of the right ventricle secondary to right ventricular dysplasia after an otherwise uneventful coronary bypass graft operation. This suggests that right ventricular dysplasia may be a risk factor for ventricular rupture after cardiac operations.

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