Publication Date

12-1-2014

Journal

The Texas Heart Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-13-3695

PMID

25593526

Publication Date(s)

December 2014

Language

English

PMCID

PMC4251333

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

12-1-2014

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Aged, Cardiac Catheterization, Coronary Angiography, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Female, Humans, Male, Myocardial Infarction, Prosthesis Design, Septal Occluder Device, Treatment Outcome, Ventricular Septal Rupture

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.

Comments

This article has been corrected. See Tex Heart Inst J. 2015 February; 42(1): 97.

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