Six-year survival of unoperated ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction.
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.
Kamishirado
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Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan.
Inoue
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T
Sakai
Y
Y
Matsunaga
R
R
Morooka
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S
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*