title: Percutaneous transaortic closure of postinfarctional ventricular septal rupture.
abstract: We report a case of successful closure of a postinfarctional ventricular septal defect by means of the transaortic approach with a balloon catheter. This method brought about substantial improvement in cardiopulmonary function before an elective operation and made it possible to successfully perform the operation on the patient, an 81-year-old woman, on the 22nd day of admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Womens' Medical College.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans