Why the study?
Surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture maintains high surgical mortality, especially within one week of STEMI and in posterior VSR, prompting the development of the extended sandwich patch repair.
The extended sandwich patch repair is a surgical technique for ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction that may improve survival and reduce shunt recurrence when performed promptly before severe heart failure progresses.
Extended RV sandwich repair may reduce early shunt recurrence in acute VSR; leaves open need for comparative trials before adoption.
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