Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Successfully Treated with Impella as Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation
oleh: Lauren Giudicatti, Benjamin Silbert, Xiao-Fang Xu, Anthony Putrino, Felicity Lee, Amit Shah, Robert Larbalestier, Karim Slimani, Andrew Laycock, Kaitlyn Lam
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| Diterbitkan: | Wiley 2022-01-01 |
Deskripsi
A 63-year-old female presented late with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. This was complicated by acute ventricular septal defect with large left-to-right shunt. An Impella CP was inserted on day seven with rapid haemodynamic improvement. This facilitated bridge to cardiac transplant on day twelve post-MI.