ACUTE HEART TRANSPLANTATION: A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK PATIENTS WITH POST-INFARCTION VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS

Autor: Hardik M. Bhansali, Alexandra M. Sanchez, Craig R. Asher, Kenneth R. Fromkin, Kevin Leung, Nicholas Ghiloni, Luis Alonso Hernandez Mejia, Roberto J. Cubeddu, Cedric Sheffield, Elsy Navas, Nader Hanna
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:2587
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)33214-9
Popis: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) often resulting in refractory cardiogenic shock with a poor prognosis. Reported mortality rates are as high as 80% in the abscence of intervention. A 56-year-old woman presented with active chest pain for 48
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