title: Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture.
abstract: Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture is an uncommon but serious complication of acute myocardial infarction. Although I have tried various methods for repairing postinfarction septal defects, I recently began to use an exclusion technique, which is an extension of the intracavitary repair method that I use to treat ventricular aneurysms. This exclusion technique yields satisfactory results (early mortality rate, 36.4%), even in patients in severe cardiogenic shock.
authors.affiliation: Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225-0345, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*