Hybrid Approach to Post –Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture Repair and Its Early Complications

VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE, resulting in a ventricular septal defect (VSD), is a catastrophic complication after an acute myocardial infarction (MI). Although the incidence of post –myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect (PMI VSD) has decreased dramatically in the thrombolytic and percutaneous coronary intervention era, the perioperative mortality remains elevated.1 Historically, in medically treated patients the mortality rates exceeded 90%, and thus, early surgica l repair first was proposed in the 1980s.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - July 10, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Yang Gu, Kunal Panda, Ariel Bensimhon, Wendy Bernstein Tags: Case Report Source Type: research