title: Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect. Is it better to operate on a fresh infarction or to wait? A case study.
abstract: The authors present case studies of two patients, aged 76 and 77, who were diagnosed with fresh post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defects (VSD) and were admitted for urgent surgical intervention. The report is a comment in the discussion concerning the optimal time for surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Suder
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Janik
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wasilewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konstanty-Kalandyk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapelak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ceranowicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Collegium Medicum , Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartuś
keywords: VSD; myocardial infarction complications; ventricular septal defect