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  • Title: Transcatheter closure of recurrent postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects utilizing the Amplatzer postinfarction VSD device: a case series.
    Author: Goldstein JA, Casserly IP, Balzer DT, Lee R, Lasala JM.
    Journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv; 2003 Jun; 59(2):238-43. PubMed ID: 12772250.
    Abstract:
    The initial therapy for postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defects is surgical repair of the defect. Unfortunately, a significant number of patients develop recurrent ventricular septal defects (VSDs) following operative repair. Transcatheter closure offers an alternative to reoperation in these critically ill patients. We present a series of four patients in whom recurrent ventricular septal defects were closed using an Amplatzer VSD device.
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