Population
62 patients with post-infarction ventricular septal defect, mean age 66 years 6 months, 42 males and 20…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 3 years, 11 months (range 2 months to 14 years)
Authors
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High mortality after post-infarction VSD repair, driven by preoperative shock, warrants cautious selection; leaves open optimal timing and stabilization strategies.
In patients undergoing surgical closure of post-infarction ventricular septal defect, hospital mortality is high (37.7%) and is strongly driven by preoperative clinical status, particularly the presence of cardiogenic shock.
DEVILLE et al. (1991) studied this question.