title: Repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect through the right atrium.
abstract: Repair of post infarction posterior ventricular septal defect has generally been performed with a ventriculotomy through the infarcted zone. This approach has a significant mortality and morbidity due to haemorrhage, extension of infarction or further compromise of ventricular function secondary to suture placement. We present a case with delayed repair of a post infarction posterior septal defect using a right atrial approach, where no discrete infarct or other abnormality of the free ventricular wall was found.
authors.affiliation: Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic Kizilay Sokak, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cicekcioglu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tutun
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demirtas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aksoyek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babaroglu
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Parlar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Katircioglu
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture; D013536:Suture Techniques