Transcatheter closure of a postinfarction ventricular septal rupture.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-2006
Abstract
An 84-year-old woman with cardiomyopathy secondary to severe atherosclerotic coronary artery disease presented with biventricular heart failure. She was admitted to the hospital after a non-S-T elevation myocardial infarction 5 days earlier that led to progressive congestive heart failure. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed an apical ventricular septal defect with bidirectional shunting and pulmonary hypertension. Cardiovascular operation was declined; therefore, a post-infarction ventricular septal defect occluder device was placed across the ventricular septal defect leaving only a tiny residual shunt. The patient had symptomatic improvement after the procedure and had no complications related to the procedure.
Volume
19
Issue
11
First Page
5
Last Page
7
ISSN
1097-6795
Published In/Presented At
Martinez, M. W., Singh, C. P., & Mookadam, F. (2006). Transcatheter closure of a postinfarction ventricular septal rupture. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 19(11), . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2006.06.017
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
17098145
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article