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Ventricular septal dissection after patch repair of an infarct-related ventricular septal rupture

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Received 10 December 2007; received in revised form 5 March 2008; accepted 6 March 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Klinik und Poliklinik für Herzchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Schillingallee 35, D-18057, Rostock, Germany. Tel.: +49 381 494 6101; fax: +49 381 494 6102. (Email: canyerebakan@hotmail.com).

Key Words: Myocardial infarction • Ventricular septal defect • Ventricular septal dissection

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Recurrent ventricular septal defects (VSD) after surgical patch closure following acute myocardial infarction (MI) are diagnosed in 10–25% of patients. However, an associated septal dissection is extremely rare. A patient with recurrent VSD and septal dissection after inevitable early patch closure of an infarct related VSD . . . [Full Text of this Article]