Repair of a Post-infarction Ventricular Septal Defect and Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Rupture by the "Sandwich Technique" : A case report.
- Author:
Hyungtae KIM
1
;
Wook Sung KIM
;
Pyo Won PARK
;
Young Tak LEE
;
Kiick SUNG
;
Mina LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea. wooksungkim@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart septal defects, ventricular;
Myocardial infarction
- MeSH:
Aneurysm, False;
Angina Pectoris, Variant;
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular;
Heart Ventricles;
Hospital Mortality;
Humans;
Myocardial Infarction;
Recurrence;
Rupture
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2009;42(4):516-519
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicating an acute myocardial infarction is rather uncommon. However, the outcomes after the development of a VSD are poor with an in-hospital mortality of more than 90% for the medically treated patients. To prevent the recurrence of VSD, many techniques have been reported on for the closure of a postinfarction VSD. In this report, we present a case of a patient who had a postinfarction VSD due to Prinzmetal's variant angina, and the rupture of the pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle was successfully treated by the "Sandwich technique"
