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. 2023 Nov 10;18(1):313.
doi: 10.1186/s13019-023-02418-8.

Surgical repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: a retrospective analysis of a single institution experience

Jian Shi  1 , Jeremy Y Levett  2 , Haiyu Lv  3 , Guoan Zhang  3 , Sha Wang  3 , Tao Wei  3 , Zhikun Wang  3 , Xi Zhang  3 , Dawei Feng  3 , Kan Wang  3 , Qiang Liu  3 , Dominique Shum-Tim  2
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Surgical repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: a retrospective analysis of a single institution experience

Jian Shi et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

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Abstract

Introduction: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) with a very high mortality, despite advances in surgical and circulatory support. The tremendous hemodynamic disturbance and the severely fragile myocardium render surgical repair a great challenge. The optimal time of surgical repair with or without circulatory support is still controversial.

Objective: The aim of this study is to review our experience with early surgical repair of post-MI VSD in a single major cardiac institution in China.

Methods: From January 2013 to October 2020, 9consecutive patients presented to our emergency department with a diagnosis of post-MI VSD. Among them, 8 were male, and the mean age was 58 ± 7years. The mean VSD size was 22.5 ± 5.7 mm. In all patients, an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)was inserted immediately after admission to cardiac surgery service. All patients were operated at a mean of 3.3 ± 2.9 days, and 4 within 24 h of the rupture (range 1 to 9 days post-VSD). In 5 cases, the VSD was located superiorly, and 4 cases in the posterior septum.

Results: The overall 30-day mortality was 11% (1/9). Coronary angiography was performed in all nine patients, four with single vessel disease had coronary stents implanted, and the other five received concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting during VSD repair surgery. There was no death in all 5 patients with anterior septal perforation. One patient with posterior septal perforation died in the operating room due to bleeding from the ventriculotomy site. Three survived patients were diagnosed with a small residual defect and mild left to right shunt post-repair. However, no further intervention was required, and patients remained asymptomatic (Killip II in 1 and III in 2).

Conclusion: In our experience, immediate insertion of IABP and hemodynamic stabilization with early surgical intervention of VSD repair and concomitant coronary revascularization provided an 89% survival rate.

Keywords: Acute Myocardial Infarction; Mortality; Surgical Repair; Ventricular septal defect.

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