Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect on a Beating Heart: One case report.
- Author:
Hyuck KIM
1
;
Hyung Chang LEE
;
Young Hak KIM
;
Won Sang CHUNG
;
Kyung Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea. khkim@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myocardial infarction;
Heart septal defect, ventricular;
Heart septal defects
- MeSH:
Heart Septal Defects;
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular*;
Heart*;
Mortality;
Myocardial Infarction;
Myocardial Ischemia;
Shock, Cardiogenic
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2004;37(6):543-545
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Postinfarction ventricular septal defect often induces cardiogenic shock and requires operative treatment early after myocardial infarction. Although the operative mortality of this disease has decreased during the past 3 decades, it is still relatively high. In this case, to prevent global myocardial ischemia, we used the technique of repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect on a beating heart. This approach does not require aortic cross-clamping and provides superior myocardial protection.
