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Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect

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Rupture of the ventricular septum is a rare but devastating complication of myocardial infarction. Advances in perioperative support, myocardial preservation, and technique of repair have improved surgical results in a lesion that was almost always lethal prior to the advent of surgical therapy.

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  1. Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sutter Memorial Hospital, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  2. Davis Medical School, University of California, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  3. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery) & Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  4. Heart Institute at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  5. Starr-Wood Cardiac Group, P.C., 9155 SW Barnes Rd., Suite 240, 97225-6629, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  6. Harwin Studios, 9101 SW 15th Avenue, 97219, Portland, OR, USA

    Fredic M. Harwin BFA, MS

  7. Hôpital Broussais, University of Paris, Paris, France

    Alain Carpentier MD (Professor of Cardiac Surgery)

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Harlan, B.J., Starr, A., Harwin, F.M., Carpentier, A. (1995). Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect. In: Manual of Cardiac Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2474-7_11

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