[Surgical measures in the postinfarct phase].
Even though the majority of patients with myocardial infarctions demonstrate an uncomplicated course which does not need any kind of surgical intervention, there is a distinct number of patients with a ventricular aneurysm complicated by congestive heart failure or refractory arrhythmias or a perforated ventricular septum or a mitral insufficiency due to papillary muscle dysfunction or rupture, representing a life-threatening condition with an urgent need for surgical correction. The clinic, hemodynamic and surgical therapy are discussed.
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*
Chirurgische Massnahmen in der Postinfarktphase.