Transcatheter closure of a ruptured ventricular septum following inferior myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Oct;60(2):224-8. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10616.

Abstract

Elective transcatheter closure of congenital septal defects has emerged as a valuable method, but the clinical experience on occlusion of ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction is very limited. We report a case of fatal outcome in a patient with inferior myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock despite technically successful transcatheter closure of a large complex ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery
  • Echocardiography
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / etiology
  • Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / complications*
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / surgery*
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology*
  • Ventricular Septal Rupture / surgery*