title: Right atrial approach for surgical repair of post infarction ventricular septal defect and acute tricuspid regurgitation with cardiogenic shock.
abstract: A complex case of inferior wall infarction with ventricular septal defect and severe tricuspid valve regurgitation due to acute papillary muscle rupture in a 65 year-old male is described. This constellation of pathological lesions and the surgical approach to the repair have not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. sanjaykr33@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shumaster
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Modak
authors.forename: Lavanya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellumkonda
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacoby
authors.forename: Abeel A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mangi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery