title: Percutaneous repair of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: current approaches and future perspectives.
abstract: Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect is a devastating complication of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Although surgical intervention is considered the gold standard for treatment, it carries high morbidity and mortality rates. We present 2 cases that illustrate the application of percutaneous closure of a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: the first in a patient who had undergone prior surgical closure and then developed a new shunt, and the second as a bridge to definitive surgery in a critically ill patient.
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Baldasare
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polyakov
authors.forename: Glenn W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Laub
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Costic
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Heart rupture, post-infarction; heart septal defects, ventricular; heart septum/surgery; myocardial infarction/complications; residual leak; septal occluder device; shock, cardiogenic; treatment outcome; ventricular septal rupture