| Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction. Long-term survival of patients who did not undergo surgery. Single-centre experience. | |
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PMID: 16128373 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Long-term survival is rare in patients not undergoing surgery after post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture. We report our experience of seven patients out of 27, who did not undergo surgery and were followed up for a mean period of 2.8 years. They were evaluated after a mean period of 2.2 months after infarction in our centre. The septal defects measured 9.8 mms on average and the mean left-to-right shunt ratio was 1.98: 1. The mean pulmonary artery, right atrial and left ventricular end diastolic pressures were 28.3 +/- 10.6, 4 +/- 3 and 15.8 +/- 4.8 mm Hg, respectively. Only three out of seven patients had LV aneurysm and all patients had single-vessel disease. Smaller defect size, minimal left-to-right shunt and preserved right ventricular function may be the factors responsible for long-term survival. |
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Authors:
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Harikrishnan Sivadasan Pillai; Jaganmohan Tharakan; Thomas Titus; Ajith Kumar; Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian; Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy; Krishnamoorthy Kavassery Mahadevan; Santhosh Dora; Krishnakumar Nair; Narayanan Namboodiri |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Acta cardiologica Volume: 60 ISSN: 0001-5385 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Cardiol Publication Date: 2005 Aug |
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Created Date: 2005-08-30 Completed Date: 2006-02-16 Revised Date: 2009-06-11 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370570 Medline TA: Acta Cardiol Country: Belgium |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 403-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. drharikrishnan@hotmail.com |
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Aged Exercise Test Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / complications* Survival Analysis Survivors Ventricular Septal Rupture / etiology*, mortality, physiopathology |
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Acta Cardiol. 2006 Aug;61(4):497 Note: Kavassery Mahadevan, Krishnamoorthy [corrected to Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan] |
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