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Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture closure without ventriculotomy
Dai Kawashima1, Satoru Maeba1, Masahiro Saito1
11 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|December 4, 2016
Abstract:
Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture is a life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Although some novel techniques of ventricular septal rupture closure have been introduced, they involve ventriculotomy, a procedure that can cause a degree of impairment of the incised ventricle. We describe a case in which we closed a ventricular septal rupture through the tricuspid valve, without ventriculotomy.
Keywords:
Cardiac surgical proceduresHeart failureHeart ruptureHeart septal defectsMyocardial infarctionWound closure techniquespost-infarctionventricular
