title: Percutaneous closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defect: cardiac magnetic resonance-guided case selection and postprocedure evaluation.
abstract: Despite modern surgical techniques, complications and early mortality remain high following postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair. It is now possible to close these acquired defects percutaneously using, for example, the Amplatzer postinfarct muscular VSD device. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an important tool in determining appropriate case selection and device sizing as it can provide a multicomponent assessment of the VSD anatomy, ventricular volumes and function, infarct extent, and left-to-right shunt calculations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuronal and Cardiovascular Remodelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nigel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Artis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Plein
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055989:Septal Occluder Device