LVAD implantation following repair of acute postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect | Zendy

Ton VanKhue | Zendy; Garan Arthur Reshad | Zendy; Takeda Koji | Zendy; Takayama Hiroo | Zendy; Naka Yoshifumi | Zendy

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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).

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