Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2009 Aug;42(4):516-519.
Repair of a Post-infarction Ventricular Septal Defect and Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Rupture by the "Sandwich Technique" : A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. wooksungkim@yahoo.com
Abstract
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicating an acute myocardial infarction is rather uncommon. However, the outcomes after the development of a VSD are poor with an in-hospital mortality of more than 90% for the medically treated patients. To prevent the recurrence of VSD, many techniques have been reported on for the closure of a postinfarction VSD. In this report, we present a case of a patient who had a postinfarction VSD due to Prinzmetal's variant angina, and the rupture of the pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle was successfully treated by the "Sandwich technique"
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