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  • Title: [A case of ventricular septal perforation treated surgically with an infarction exclusion technique].
    Author: Kawase Y, Ohashi H, Tsutsumi Y, Murakami A, Furuta H, Ohnaka M.
    Journal: Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1997 Apr; 45(4):582-8. PubMed ID: 9155129.
    Abstract:
    We report an 85-year-old woman with postinfarction interventricular septal perforation. She underwent successful emergent surgical treatment by a slightly modified method based on David-Komeda's procedure. Perforation in this case occurred four days after acute myocardial infarction. Preoperative Qp/Qs was 2.58, and pulmonary artery pressure was 34/25 mmHg. The area of infarction was large, and the perforation was the linear type 2.5 cm long near the apex. A probe was not able to pass through the perforation due to its complicated configuration. A double Xenomedica patch was sutured on the left side of the interventricular septum without excising the infarcted area. The suture line was placed on healthy myocardium apart from the infarcted area. The Xenomedica patch was sandwiched between the closure line of the ventriculotomy. Four days after surgery, residual shunt was observed by echocardiogram, but this subsequently disappeared on the 17th postoperative day. The patient was discharged from our hospital on the 57th postoperative day, and is now doing quite well.
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