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Ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction carries high mortality despite surgical intervention, leading transcatheter closure to emerge as a less invasive alternative.
Transcatheter closure using an Amplatzer device represents a potentially viable, less invasive alternative to surgery for post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture.
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Transcatheter VSR closure may be feasible in selected post-MI cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Ventricular septal rupture is a rare yet life threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Surgical closure is the treatment of choice however despite surgical intervention mortality remains high. Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal rupture has emerged as a new alternative strategy which is less invasive potentially allowing early hemodynamic stabilization. We report a case of a 60-year-old male with post infarction ventricular septal rupture who was treated with percutaneous closure using an Amplatzer device at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Nepal.
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