Percutaneous closure of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture – A single centre experience

BACKGROUND: Post-infarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare but lethal mechanical complication of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Survival to 1 month without intervention is 6%. Given high surgical mortality, transcatheter closure has emerged as a potential strategy in selected case...

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Autores principales: Premchand, Rajendra Kumar, Garipalli, Ravikanth, Padmanabhan, T.N.C., Manik, Geetesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28400035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2016.10.004

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