Open AccessPercutaneous Closure of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect
Author(s) -
Patrick A. Calvert,
James Cockburn,
D. Wynne,
Peter Ludman,
Bushra S. Rana,
David B. Northridge,
Michael Mullen,
Iqbal Malik,
Mark Turner,
Saib Khogali,
Gruschen Veldtman,
Martin Been,
Robert J. Butler,
John Thomson,
Jonathan Byrne,
Philip MacCarthy,
Lindsay Morrison,
Len M. Shapiro,
Ben Bridgewater,
Jo de Giovanni,
David HildickSmith
Publication year - 2014
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/circulationaha.113.005839
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , cardiology , closure (psychology) , market economy , economics
Postinfarction ventricular septal defect carries a grim prognosis. Surgical repair offers reasonable outcomes in patients who survive a healing phase. Percutaneous device implantation represents a potentially attractive early alternative.
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