title: Posterior ventricular septal perforation in an 80-year-old man.
abstract: Ventricular septal perforation is a complication of acute myocardial infarction that is fatal unless treated surgically. Posterior ventricular septal perforation remains particularly difficult to repair successfully. We report an 80-year-old man with postinfarction posterior ventricular septal perforation who successfully underwent surgical repair using a technique similar to that described by Daggett et al. and was discharged in good health without postoperative septal shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Japan.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumamoto
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirotani
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authors.lastname: Kameda
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirota
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000601:surgery*