Repair of postoperative residual shunt of postinfarction ventricular septal perforation: report of a case
Senaha, S.; Suenaga, E.; Sato, M.; Furutachi, A.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 60(10): 927-931
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 17877014 Document Number: 605600
A 70 year-old man had the surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal perforation (VSP) with infarction exclusion technique. Five days after operation, residual shunt was observed by echocardiogram and he developed cardiac failure. Additional surgery for residual shunt was performed 1 month after 1st operation. The infracted myocardium was firm enough to closed directly, so the Xenomedica patch was sutured on the side of the perforated septum around VSP. The postoperative course was uneventful.