PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF ACUTE VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE COMPLICATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH SEVERE LV DYSFUNCTION

Authors

  • Maad Ullah Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)/National Institute of Heart Diseases (NIHD), Rawalpindi Pakistan
  • Nadeem Sadiq Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)/National Institute of Heart Diseases (NIHD), Rawalpindi Pakistan
  • Amjad Mehmood Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)/National Institute of Heart Diseases (NIHD), Rawalpindi Pakistan
  • Hajira Akbar Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)/National Institute of Heart Diseases (NIHD), Rawalpindi Pakistan

Keywords:

Coronary artery bypass grafting, Myocardial infarction, Ventricular septal rupture.

Abstract

Post myocardial infarct ventricular septal rupture is a devastating complication and leads to high mortality
and in some situation may be a factor for inoperability. We are reporting a 57 years old patient who had acute
anterior infarction and developed ventricular septal rupture. She had severe left ventricular dysfunction and
primary surgical treatment was not possible due to high mortality. In due course her condition further
deteriorated and developed multi organ failure. She was discussed in multi disciplinary meeting and decided

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Published

29-12-2016

How to Cite

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Maad Ullah, Nadeem Sadiq, Amjad Mehmood, Hajira Akbar. PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF ACUTE VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE COMPLICATING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITH SEVERE LV DYSFUNCTION. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 29 [cited 2024 May 21];66(SUPPL-1):S235-37. Available from: https://www.pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/11817

Issue

Vol. 66 No. SUPPL-1 (2016): AFIC SUPPLEMENT

Section

Case Reports

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