Coronary Artery Disease
Compassionate use of the amplatzer ASD closure device for residual postinfarction ventricular septal rupture following surgical repair
Abstract
We report successful transcatheter closure of a post-MI ventricular septal rupture acutely following unsuccessful surgical repair. Catheter closure was accomplished by the use of a 26-mm Amplatzer atrial septal occluder. Initial attempts to close the defect with the use of 28-mm and 33-mm CARDIOSEAL were unsuccessful. Closure technique, immediate and long-term follow-up outcomes are reported. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:230–233. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
