Intra myocardial dissecting hematoma with epicardial rupture - an unusual complication of the Octopus 3 stabilizer.

Stabilizer devices have revolutionized off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. They stabilize the myocardial wall locally and allow the surgeon to accurately place anastomotic sutures without the need of establishing CPB and without much compromise in patient hemodynamics. We report here an unusual complication of an intramyocardial dissecting hematoma with epicardial rupture caused after using the Octopus 3 stabilizer.