INFECTION OF CARDIAC SUTURE LINE AFTER VENTRICULAR ANEURYSMECTOMY - REPORT OF 2 CASES

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 72  (2) , 280-281
Abstract
Two cases of sepsis [1 due to Staphylococcus aureus and Peptostreptococcus and the other to Candida albicans] following ventricular aneurysmectomy are presented. In both the source of sepsis was an infected cardiac suture line in which Teflon felt strips were used to reinforce the closure. One patient had a pseudoaneurysm and a chronic empyema of the left side of the chest, and the 2nd had a ventriculocutaneous fistula. Early operation with removal of the foreign body is warranted in this major complication of a ventricular aneurysmectomy.

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