Transesophageal echo to help percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect post acute myocardial infarction

Ilie T Barb; Collins A Kwarteng; Peter Block; Douglas C Morris; Stamatios Lerakis

doi:10.3109/17482941.2011.567280

Transesophageal echo to help percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect post acute myocardial infarction

Acute Card Care. 2011 Sep;13(3):190-3. doi: 10.3109/17482941.2011.567280. Epub 2011 Apr 28.

Authors

Ilie T Barb¹, Collins A Kwarteng, Peter Block, Douglas C Morris, Stamatios Lerakis

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.

PMID: 21526918
DOI: 10.3109/17482941.2011.567280

Abstract

Ventricular septal defect after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a complication associated with poor outcome in the absence of intervention. We report a case of successful TEE guided transcatheter closure of a post myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal defect (VSD) with an Amplatzer occluder in a 79 years old male with cardiogenic shock.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / therapy*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Septal Occluder Device*