How I Would Do My Inferior-Basal VSD Repair

Tirone E. David

University of Toronto

Repair of Posterior Postinfarction VSD Infarct Exclusion Technique

Case Study:

A 78 year-old man developed cardiogenic shockon the 2nd day of a posterior wall infarction. Echocardiography showed a VSD.

An IABP was inserted and coronary angiography obtained. The RCA was totally occluded at its mid-portion , the LAD had 80% stenosis and the circumflex had no stenosis.

He was taken to the OR. The LAD was bypassedand ...

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