Surgery co-operation and nursing for 12 cases of post-myocardial infarction with left ventricular pseudoaneurysms

Objective To summarize co-operation and nursing for 12 cases of post-myocardial infarction left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm(left ventricular pseudo aneurysms,LVPA).Methods The patients were closed by direct suture method,patch repair method and sandwich method suture surgery to repair the malformation,while coronary artery bypass grafting were carried out according to the characteristics of LVPA site,shape,merging the different features of malformations.Results Twelve patients were operated successfully with satisfied efficacy by preoperative careful preparation and close cooperation surgery.Conclusions Extracorporeal circulation surgery need the co-operative staff.Therefore,pre-operative surgical nurses and doctom should communicate with anesthetists very well in order to achieve tacit undemtanding,.Instrument nurses should be familiar with surgical procedures,concentrate highly with close attention to the process of operation,transmitting equipment steadily,accurately,lightly and fast,so as to shorten the extracorporeal citeulation time as soon as possible and ensure the surgery smoothly. Key words: Infarction; Left ventricular pseudo aneurysm; Intraoperative care