| Literature DB >> 16200484 |
A Elsässer1, H Möllmann, H Nef, T Dill, R Brandt, W Skwara, T Hennig, M Rau, C Hamm.
Abstract
A 65-year old patient was admitted after having sustained a ventricular septum rupture 18 days after an anterior myocardial infarction. He developed acute heart failure. Given the extremely high perioperative risk in surgical approaches in this setting, we decided for a transcatheter closure of the defect with an exclusively venous approach. After a complete recovery, the patient underwent open heart surgery with aorto coronary bypass, aneurysmectomy, and removal of the closure device. This case demonstrates that transcatheter closure of a post infarction ventricular septum rupture is a technically feasible and suitable method.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16200484 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-005-0274-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Z Kardiol ISSN: 0300-5860