Open AccessRisk Factors, Angiographic Patterns, and Outcomes in Patients With Ventricular Septal Defect Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Brian S. Crenshaw,
Christopher B. Granger,
Yochai Birnbaum,
Karen S. Pieper,
Douglas C. Morris,
Neal S. Kleiman,
Alec Vahanian,
Robert M. Califf,
Eric J. Topol
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.101.1.27
Subject(s) - medicine , streptokinase , thrombolysis , myocardial infarction , complication , cardiology , infarction , surgery
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicating acute myocardial infarction has been studied primarily in small, prethrombolytic-era trials. Our goal was to determine clinical predictors and angiographic and clinical outcomes of this complication in the thrombolytic era.
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