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  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Interventional Cardiology

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  • Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) persist despite advances in reperfusion therapies.
  • Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is the most frequent mechanical complication of AMI, with varying incidence in ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation MI.
  • While surgery is definitive for VSR, it carries significant risks; alternative transcatheter approaches are emerging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To emphasize the critical role of immediate surgical intervention for acute ventricular septal rupture post-myocardial infarction.
  • To compare the outcomes of immediate surgery versus alternative transcatheter closure methods.
  • To highlight the preferred surgical technique of infarct exclusion for VSR.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current treatment strategies for mechanical complications of AMI, focusing on VSR.
  • Analysis of surgical outcomes using the infarct exclusion technique.
  • Discussion of the feasibility and efficacy of transcatheter closure for VSR.

Main Results:

  • Immediate surgery, particularly the infarct exclusion technique, offers the best long-term survival for VSR patients.
  • Operative mortality for infarct exclusion is approximately 10% in stable patients, but significantly higher in those with cardiogenic shock.
  • Transcatheter closure is complex, not universally applicable, and lacks evidence of superiority over surgical repair.

Conclusions:

  • Acute ventricular septal rupture is a surgical emergency requiring prompt operative intervention.
  • Immediate surgical repair, preferably using infarct exclusion, provides superior outcomes compared to delayed intervention or transcatheter methods.
  • Delaying surgery in hemodynamically stable patients increases the risk of cardiogenic shock and multi-organ failure.