title: Six-year survival of unoperated ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction.
abstract: We present the case of a patient who survived for 6 years without surgical repair of a ventricular septal rupture that followed an acute myocardial infarction. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 other cases have been reported in which the patient survived for more than 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamishirado
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morooka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*