HEART-TRANSPLANTATION AFTER REPAIR OF POSTINFARCTION VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT

Authors
BLANCHE C ALEKSIC I CZER LSC FREIMARK D TAKKENBERG JJM TRENTO A
Citation
C. Blanche et al., HEART-TRANSPLANTATION AFTER REPAIR OF POSTINFARCTION VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 36(6), 1995, pp. 551-554
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219509
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
551 - 554
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9509(1995)36:6<551:HAROPV>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 68 year-old man underwent surgical repair of a ventricular septal de fect following an acute myocardial infarction. Recurrent interventricu lar septal rupture with significant left-to-right shunting led to prog ressive deterioration in cardiac function and intractable heart failur e. The patient underwent orthotopic heart transplantation three months after his initial operation, and he is clinically well sixteen months after transplantation.