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LVAD implantation following repair of acute postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect
Author(s) -
Ton VanKhue,
Garan Arthur Reshad,
Takeda Koji,
Takayama Hiroo,
Naka Yoshifumi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12781
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , cardiology , myocardial infarction , ventricular assist device , complication , infarction , cardiogenic shock , surgery , heart failure
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a life‐threatening complication of myocardial infarction (MI). Mortality is highest if VSD repair occurs within seven days following MI. We report a case of post‐MI VSD stabilized with peripheral veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) followed by patch repair and implantation of a durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD).