Ventricular Septal Rupture in 2 Patients Presenting Late after Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Malav Parikh; Meredith Busman; Michael Dickinson; David Wohns; Ryan D Madder

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.023

Ventricular Septal Rupture in 2 Patients Presenting Late after Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Oct;2(12):2013-2015. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.023. Epub 2020 Sep 23.

Authors

Malav Parikh¹, Meredith Busman¹, Michael Dickinson¹, David Wohns¹, Ryan D Madder¹

Affiliation

¹ Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Abstract

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) following myocardial infarction is rare in the reperfusion era. The decrease in patients presenting with myocardial infarction during the coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could result in more frequent VSR. This report describes two patients with VSR presenting late after myocardial infarction and treated at a single institution. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: STEMI; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; VSR, ventricular septal rupture; mechanical complication; myocardial infarction; ventricular septal defect; ventricular septal rupture.