title: Transcatheter closure of recurrent postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects utilizing the Amplatzer postinfarction VSD device: a case series.
abstract: The initial therapy for postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects is surgical repair of the defect. Unfortunately, a significant number of patients develop recurrent ventricular septal defects (VSDs) following operative repair. Transcatheter closure offers an alternative to reoperation in these critically ill patients. We present a series of four patients in whom recurrent ventricular septal defects were closed using an Amplatzer VSD device.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. jgoldste@im.wust.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Ivan P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Casserly
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Balzer
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lasala
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence