The study introduced a first survival case of cardiac rupture due to trauma operated in Viet Tiep Hospital. The patient was admitted to hospital by the initial diagnosis of shock, cranial trauma, and thoracic trauma. He immediately operated because of cardiac rupture. The examination after one month, one year demonstrated the perception and cardiovascular function were normal. The study also suggested some methods for operation of cardiac rupture, including incision along the xiphoid bone for cases with cardiac press, thoracic open in the side of apoplexy for cases of shock due to blood loss and pleural apoplexy. cardiac sock
Heart Rupture, Wounds and Injuries

Angiosarcoma is the most common primary intracardiac malignancy, but many published papers have reported it to be rather rare. The prognosis of angiosarcoma is known to be very poor, and the treatment of choice has been surgery until recently, but many centers currently tend to try multimodal therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In this report, we present a rare case in which an intracardiac angiosarcoma could have threatened the patient's life in short time by the rapid progression of the tumor, which caused right atrial rupture.
Heart Rupture ; Hemangiosarcoma ; Prognosis ; Rupture ; Sarcoma

Neonatal Hemangioendothelioma (HE) is the most common type of hepatic vascular tumor that presents in infancy. HE generally undergo spontaneous regression within a year, but it may become symptomatic and be associated with life-threatening complications including congestive heart failure, consumptive coagulopathy and hepatic rupture. We report five cases of neonatal hepatic HE with brief review of the literatures. The report include a case of HE associated with AV malformation complicated by congestive heart failure who was successfully treated by hepatic artery embolization, a case of HE associated with transposition of great artery (TGA), and three cases of asymptomatic HE with spontaneous involution.
Arteries ; Heart Failure ; Hemangioendothelioma* ; Hepatic Artery ; Rupture

Heart Rupture/etiology* ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction/therapy*

Left ventricular free wall rupture (LFWR) is rare, but is one of the most serious complications of myocardial infarction and is associated with high mortality. Several operative techniques have been attempted, but early diagnosis and prompt surgical management are crucial for a positive patient outcome. We report three cases of LFWR successfully treated with surgical methods.
Early Diagnosis ; Heart Rupture ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Myocardial Infarction

Traumatic cardiac injury is an extremely serious medical condition. It is possible to overlook a cardiac injury where there is no chest wall trauma. We here report the 47-year-old woman who got a crach car accident and had a tear of the right atrium. The distortion force from a decelerating injury may cause cardiac rupture at a fixed point. The most common symptom that alerts the clinician to a potentially fatal cardiac injury is the change in vital signs. Therefore cardiac injury should be considered in any patient with unexplained hypotension who has experienced decelerating trauma, even without external injury to the chest wall.
Accidents, Traffic* ; Female ; Heart Atria* ; Heart Rupture ; Humans ; Hypotension ; Middle Aged ; Rupture* ; Thoracic Wall ; Vital Signs

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Myocardial ruptures, including: ventricular free wall rupture (VFWR) and ventricular septal rupture (VSR), after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), are fatal complications. Recently, ubiquitous use of echocardiographs, and other imaging techniques, allows us to diagnose these complications in the antemortem period. Thus, this study retrospectively evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients with myocardial ruptures following AMI. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 620 patients that had had AMIs, between January 1999 and June 2001, were analysed for the purpose of this study. Myocardial ruptures were diagnosed from their clinical symptoms, echocardiographs, and pericardiocenteses or cardiac catheterizations. The clinical characteristics of the patients with myocardial ruptures (n=15) were compared to those patients with myocardial infarction, without rupture (n=397), from their Q waves. RESULTS: The patients with myocardial ruptures were older than those without (67+/-9.7 years vs 60+/-11.7 years, p<0.05), and ruptures were more frequent in women (66.7% vs 25.2%, p<0.001). The frequency of systemic hypertension, DM, and the distribution of infarction sites were similar in both groups. Also, clinical characteristics between patients with VFWR, and those with VSR, were similar. Of the patients with VFWR (n=8), 7 suddenly died, and 1 was alive directly following surgery. Of the patients with VSR (n=7), 4 died. CONCLUSION: Myocardial rupture is a fatal complication of AMI, which is more frequent in women, and the patients with ruptures, in our study, were older than those without.
Cardiac Catheterization ; Cardiac Catheters ; Female ; Heart Rupture ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Infarction ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Pericardiocentesis ; Retrospective Studies ; Rupture* ; Ventricular Septal Rupture

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is an uncommon anomaly of the aorta. Rupture of SVA often precipitates dramatic clinical complications, including heart failures. Right SVAs are the most common type, and when they rupture, they usually rupture into the right ventricle or right atrium. Rupture into left ventricle or interventricular septum is rare. Herein, we report a case of right SVA rupture with dissection into interventricular septum, which produced significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and aortic regurgitation. The case was successfully treated by surgical operation.
Aneurysm ; Aorta ; Aortic Valve Insufficiency ; Heart ; Heart Atria ; Heart Ventricles ; Rupture* ; Sinus of Valsalva* ; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is an uncommon anomaly of the aorta. Rupture of SVA often precipitates dramatic clinical complications, including heart failures. Right SVAs are the most common type, and when they rupture, they usually rupture into the right ventricle or right atrium. Rupture into left ventricle or interventricular septum is rare. Herein, we report a case of right SVA rupture with dissection into interventricular septum, which produced significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and aortic regurgitation. The case was successfully treated by surgical operation.
Aneurysm ; Aorta ; Aortic Valve Insufficiency ; Heart ; Heart Atria ; Heart Ventricles ; Rupture* ; Sinus of Valsalva* ; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

Left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) is a serious complication of myocardial infarction. It presents with a very high mortality rate and can be rescued by accurate diagnosis and emergency surgery. LVFWR can occur with sudden overt clinical symptoms or present insidiously. This report highlights the case of a man with no prior history of coronary artery disease, who presented with LVFWR and pericardial effusion that evolved to severe bacterial pericarditis.
Coronary Artery Disease ; Emergencies ; Heart Rupture ; Myocardial Infarction ; Pericardial Effusion ; Pericarditis ; Rupture