PubMed · 9620456
Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture.
Abstract
Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture is an uncommon but serious complication of acute myocardial infarction. Although I have tried various methods for repairing postinfarction septal defects, I recently began to use an exclusion technique, which is an extension of the intracavitary repair method that I use to treat ventricular aneurysms. This exclusion technique yields satisfactory results (early mortality rate, 36.4%), even in patients in severe cardiogenic shock.
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D A Cooley. 1998. Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1043-0679(98)70002-4
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