Transcatheter closure of recurrent postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects utilizing the Amplatzer postinfarction VSD device: a case series. |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey A Goldstein Ivan P Casserly David T Balzer Richard Lee John M Lasala |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. jgoldste@im.wust.edu |
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The initial therapy for postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects is surgical repair of the defect. Unfortunately, a significant number of patients develop recurrent ventricular septal defects (VSDs) following operative repair. Transcatheter closure offers an alternative to reoperation in these critically ill patients. We present a series of four patients in whom recurrent ventricular septal defects were closed using an Amplatzer VSD device. |
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| Keywords: | septal occluder devices ventricular septal defect Amplatzer septal occluder myocardial infarction cardiac catheterization |
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