title: [Post-infarction ventricular septal defect treated during the acute phase by transcatheter closure with an Amplatzer septal occluder].
abstract: A 75-year-old man had a large anterior myocardial infarction complicated by a ventricular septal defect, which was treated in the first 48 h by transcatheter closure using the Amplatzer septal occluder. Treatment was successful (with only mild residual post-procedure shunting) and coronary angioplasty with stent implantation at the point of occlusion of the middle left anterior descending artery was performed in a later intervention. However, the patient died 7 days after the procedure as a result of sepsis and ventricular failure.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiologia. Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona. Spain. joseprodes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodés-Cabau
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figueras
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrabés
authors.forename: Inocencio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anívarro
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soler-Soler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous