title: Percutaneous closure of post-infarction ventricular septal defect using an Amplatzer septal occluder.
abstract: A 77-year-old woman underwent percutaneous closure of post-infarction ventricular septal defect. The defect was successfully closed with a 20-mm Amplatzer septal occluder with a small residual shunt and Qp/Qs improved from 3.38 to 1.48. She was discharged 30 days after procedure. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. noriotada@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Kaname
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Mie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Genya
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yaginuma
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Taiichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meguro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed