Compassionate use of the amplatzer ASD closure device for residual postinfarction ventricular septal rupture following surgical repair

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Jun;59(2):230-3; discussion 234. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10525.

Abstract

We report successful transcatheter closure of a post-MI ventricular septal rupture acutely following unsuccessful surgical repair. Catheter closure was accomplished by the use of a 26-mm Amplatzer atrial septal occluder. Initial attempts to close the defect with the use of 28-mm and 33-mm CARDIOSEAL were unsuccessful. Closure technique, immediate and long-term follow-up outcomes are reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design / instrumentation
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / therapy*
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum / injuries
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries
  • Humans
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Reoperation
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / therapy*