title: The surgical repair of acute ventricular septal defect as a complication of myocardial infarction.
abstract: We advocate a classification of high and low ventricular septal defects following myocardial infarction. The natural history of the disease and the reasonable surgical results support an aggressive surgical approach in both types of septal perforation.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*