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Postinfarction ventricular septal defect in a patient without coronary lesions
Gianantonio Nappi1, Luca Salvatore De Santo, Michele Torella
1Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples, V. Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy. gianantonio.nappi@unina2.it
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 10, 2003
Abstract:
A 46-year-old man with polycystic kidney disease was referred to our institution for ventricular septal defect complicating myocardial infarction. Cardiac catheterization disclosed normal coronary arteries and absence of myocardial bridging. None of the more frequent causes of thrombosis were present, and histopathology proved negative for acute myocarditis. The surgical procedure was successful and the 11-month follow-up uneventful.