Emergency surgical closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defect on the beating heart.
We present a 77-year-old female with recent myocardial infarction complicated by antero-apical ventricular septal defect (VSD) and quick development of low cardiac output. Using interrupted horizontal mattress sutures VSD closure was successfully performed on the beating heart. Transthoracic echocardiography at the four-month follow-up did not reveal residual VSD.
Siondalski
Piotr
P
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdansk, ul. Debinki 7, Poland.
Jarmoszewicz
Krzysztof
K
Rogowski
Jan
J
Jurowiecki
Jarosław
J
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*