title: Transesophageal echo to help percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect post acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Ventricular septal defect after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a complication associated with poor outcome in the absence of intervention. We report a case of successful TEE guided transcatheter closure of a post myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal defect (VSD) with an Amplatzer occluder in a 79 years old male with cardiogenic shock.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
authors.forename: Ilie T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Barb
authors.forename: Collins A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kwarteng
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Stamatios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lerakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D055989:Septal Occluder Device