title: A heart team and multi-modality imaging approach to percutaneous closure of a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Post-infarction ventricular septal defect (PI-VSD) is a devastating complication that carries a high mortality with or without surgical repair. Percutaneous closure is an attractive alternative in select patients though requires appropriate characterization of the PI-VSD as well as careful device and patient selection. We describe a multidisciplinary and multi-modality imaging approach to successful percutaneous closure of a PI-VSD.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Thurston
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramm
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Andy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kiser
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Caranasos
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vavalle
keywords: Cardiac imaging techniques; multimodal imaging; myocardial infarction (MI); septal occluder device; ventricular septal rupture