Interventricular Septal Rupture after Myocardial Infarction Despite Early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious clinical problem with high mortality rate due to cardiogenic shock or prolonged hemodynamic compromise. Despite multiple improvements in medical, interventional and surgical techniques, early and long-term p...

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Published in:Clinics and practice 2011-08, Vol.1 (3), p.e63
Main Authors: Cicek, Davran, Gokay, Seher, Saba, Tonguc, Sapmaz, Ismail, Muderrisoglu, Haldun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acute myocardial infarction
ventricular septal defect
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Summary:Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious clinical problem with high mortality rate due to cardiogenic shock or prolonged hemodynamic compromise. Despite multiple improvements in medical, interventional and surgical techniques, early and long-term prognosis after AMI related VSR still remain unpromising. We report a patient in whom an acute VSR was diagnosed 7 days after an anterior myocardial infarction treated with early primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI).
ISSN:2039-7283
2039-7275
2039-7283
DOI:10.4081/cp.2011.e63