Retroperitoneal rupture of the duodenum due to blunt trauma.

that the post-operative ventricular tachycardia did not produce hypotension or pulmonary oedema. The operation of aorto-coronary by-pass has been very successful in the treatment of intractable angina, but objective evaluations of its effect on left ventricular function are few. Chatterjee et al. (1972), Gareth Rees et al. (1971), have shown that this operation does produce symptomatic and measurable improvement in the indices of left ventricular contractility in patients with ischaemic heart disease. The cure of refractory ventricular tachycardia in this case provides further evidence for the beneficial action of aorto-coronary bypass grafting on left ventricular function.