Baldasare MD, Polyakov M, Laub GW, Costic JT, McCormick DJ, Goldberg S. Percutaneous repair of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: current approaches and future perspectives.
Tex Heart Inst J 2014;
41:613-9. [PMID:
25593526 DOI:
10.14503/thij-13-3695]
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Abstract
Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect is a devastating complication of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Although surgical intervention is considered the gold standard for treatment, it carries high morbidity and mortality rates. We present 2 cases that illustrate the application of percutaneous closure of a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: the first in a patient who had undergone prior surgical closure and then developed a new shunt, and the second as a bridge to definitive surgery in a critically ill patient.
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