Successful Correction of Postinfarction Interventricular Septum Rupture Diagnosed Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Clinical Case)

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Feb 10;38(1):196-200. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0492.

Abstract

Postinfarction interventricular septum defect is a rare, but very serious and sometimes fatal, complication of acute myocardial infarction. This article describes a clinical case of online diagnosis of a late-stage myocardial infarction and the subsequent successful endovascular repair of a postinfarction ventricular septum defect with a Myval™ occluder.

Keywords: COVID-19; Myocardium Infarctation; Pandemic; Ventricular Septum/diagnostic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / complications
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction* / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction* / surgery
  • Pandemics
  • Ventricular Septum*