Surgical management of recurrent postinfarction ventricular septal defect.
A 57 year old man presented with postinfarction ventricular septal infarct (VSD) a week after myocardial infarction and thrombolytic therapy. Coronary angiography confirmed double vessel disease. He underwent surgical repair of the VSD and coronary artery bypass grafting. Two days postoperatively, he deteriorated due to recurrence of VSD. Reoperation was carried out with satisfactory results. The surgical management is described with a review of the relevant literature.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lam Wah Ee Hospital, Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim, 11600 Penang, Malaysia.
D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome