title: Transcatheter closure of residual postinfarction ventricular septal defect after dehiscence of surgical patch repair.
abstract: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a life-threatening complication of transmural myocardial infarction. Urgent surgical repair and concomitant revascularization are the standard of care. Percutaneous catheter-based closure techniques have been reserved for patients with a high-risk surgery or a failed surgical procedure with residual shunting. This case report demonstrates the successful transcatheter closure of residual VSD using the Amplatzer muscular VSD device (Amplatzer, Minnesota, USA) after surgical patch dehiscence for postinfarction VSD and 3-and-a-half years' post-intervention follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Abdelfatah Elasfar, Department of Adult Cardiology,, Prince Salman Heart Center,, King Fahad Medical City,, Riyadh 59046,, Saudi Arabia, T: +966501852566, F: +966112889999 Ext 11113, elasfar_egy@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Abdelfatah Abdelazim
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Elasfar
authors.forename: Muhammad Adil
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Soofi
authors.forename: Tarek Seifaw
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kashour
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koudieh
authors.forename: Mohammed Omar
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Galal
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome