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Int J Cardiovasc Intervent. 2001 Mar;4(1):43-48. doi: 10.1080/146288401316922698.

Staged transcatheter closure of chronic postinfarction ventricular septal defects with the Amplatzer septal occluder.

International journal of cardiovascular interventions

Marcin Demkow, Witold Ruzyllo, Marek Konka, Janusz Wilczynski, Zofia Dzielinska, Janusz Kochman

Affiliations

  1. Department of General Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 12431340 DOI: 10.1080/146288401316922698

Abstract

Ventricular septal rupture is a serious complication of myocardial infarction with an extremely poor outcome. There are single reports of transcatheter closure of postmyocardial septal defects and clinical experience is limited. This paper reports on a successful staged transcatheter closure of two chronic postmyocardial defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder in a 52-year-old male.

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