Post–Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Percutaneous Closure

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Authors

Shikha Jha · University of Wisconsin–Madison

Parnian Soltani · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Abdelkader Almanfi · Texas Medical Center

Abstract

Ventricular septal rupture is an uncommon but serious complication of late post–myocardial infarctions (MI) with an exceedingly high mortality. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association still advise immediate surgical closure of ventricular septal rupture.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Elasticity and Material Modeling

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JACC Case Reports

Volume 31, Issue 13, pp. 106864-106864

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.106864

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