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Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction carries high mortality requiring immediate operative intervention, though reperfusion therapy has reduced its incidence.
Rapid diagnosis with Doppler echocardiography and immediate operative intervention are essential for managing ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction.
Highlights need for prompt surgery in post-MI VSR; leaves open optimal adjunctive strategies in the reperfusion era.
When ventricular septal rupture complicates acute myocardial infarction, the mortality rate is high and immediate operative intervention is indicated. This review explains that septal rupture has become less common with reperfusion therapy but that rapid diagnosis remains crucial. Doppler echocardiography is usually diagnostic and can be used to estimate the size of the left-to-right shunt.
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Birnbaum et al. (2002) studied this question. Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction carries high mortality requiring immediate operative intervention, though reperfusion therapy has reduced its incidence.
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