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Off‐pump surgery for post‐myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture
Author(s) -
Xia Liming,
Zhuang Zhongyun,
Wu Weihua,
Zhu Dan
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.12806
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , complication , heart rupture , cardiac rupture , surgery , electrocardiography in myocardial infarction
Abstract Post‐myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture (PIVSR) is a complication of acute myocardial infarction with high mortality. We report a new surgical strategy to treat PIVSR. Instead of traditional open surgery, the septal defect was repaired with periventricular closure off pump.