[Late results of the surgical treatment of a postinfarct interventricular septal defect]

Surgical treatment of patients with post-infarction defect of the interventricular septum is highly effective. Despite the complexity and large volume of operation in this contingent of patients results of the operation are much better than in patients treated conservatively. At late periods after operation fairly high physical activity of patients is observed, which permits return to work to some of them, and to patients of pension age, enables them to do house chores, while the survived nonoperated patients are hardly capable of self-help.