Transcatheter repair of recurrent postinfarct ventricular septal defects

Nirav R Shah; Jeffrey A Goldstein; David T Balzer; John M Lasala; Nader Moazami

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.006

Transcatheter repair of recurrent postinfarct ventricular septal defects

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Nov;80(5):1907-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.006.

Authors

Nirav R Shah¹, Jeffrey A Goldstein, David T Balzer, John M Lasala, Nader Moazami

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

PMID: 16242481
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.06.006

Abstract

Surgical repair of recurrent postmyocardial infarction septal defect is associated with a high mortality rate. We present 2 patients whose recurrent defects were closed percutaneously using an Amplatzer device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / etiology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Recurrence
Reoperation
Surgical Equipment*