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
Copyright
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
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.