Transcatheter repair of recurrent postinfarct ventricular septal defects.

Shah, Nirav R; Goldstein, Jeffrey A; Balzer, David T; Lasala, John M; Moazami, Nader · Ann Thorac Surg · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Surgical repair of recurrent postmyocardial infarction septal defect is associated with a high mortality rate. We present 2 patients whose recurrent defects were closed percutaneously using an Amplatzer device.

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