Interventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction despite early percutaneous coronary intervention.
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a serious clinical problem with high mortality rate due to cardiogenic shock or prolonged hemodynamic compromise. Despite multiple improvements in medical, interventional and surgical techniques, early and long-term prognosis after AMI related VSR still remain unpromising. We report a patient in whom an acute VSR was diagnosed 7 days after an anterior myocardial infarction treated with early primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI).
Department of Cardiology;
Davran
D
Cicek
Department of Cardiology;
Seher
S
Gökay
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University School of Medicine, Saray Mah, Yunusemre, Antalya;
Tonguc
T
Saba
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University School of Medicine, Saray Mah, Yunusemre, Antalya;
Ismail
I
Sapmaz
Department of Cardiology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey.
Haldun
H
Muderrisoglu
acute myocardial infarction; ventricular septal defect.