title: Partial ventricular septal defect (Pacman Heart).
abstract: Complete ventricular septal defects (VSD) can be congenital (estimated prevalence 0.5% in live births) (Roguin N, et al. High prevalence of muscular ventricular septal defect in neonates. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;26:1545-1548) or may be a complication of acute myocardial infarction (estimated incidence in the era of thrombolysis 0.2%) [Crenshaw BS, et al. Risk factors, angiographic patterns, and outcomes in patients with ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction. GUSTO-I (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries) Trial Investigators. Circulation 2000;101:27-32]. In this paper, we report two unique cases of partial VSD.
authors.affiliation: Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitari Dr Josep Trueta, Avda. De França, s/n, 17001 Girona, Spain. bet.pujol@gmail.com
authors.forename: Elisabet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Jos R T C
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roelandt
authors.forename: Maria Jésus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Rafel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masià
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: Marcel L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Geleijnse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications