Device closure of 'complex' postinfarction ventricular septal defect

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2015 Jan:16 Suppl 1:S15-7. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283646f75.

Abstract

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI), resulting in high mortality rate even in the case of a timely approach by surgical repair. Transcatheter closure is nowadays a reliable alternative to surgery, although currently deemed challenging or unsuitable in large and complex VSD. This article reports on a successful transcatheter approach in a critically ill patient with subacute right coronary-related, complex postinfarction VSD. In this patient, two sequentially deployed Amplatzer Septal Occluder devices stabilized the clinical conditions and hemodynamic parameters.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Echocardiography*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Treatment Outcome