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Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect

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Manual of Cardiac Surgery

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Rupture of the ventricular septum is a rare but devastating complication of myocardial infarction. Recent 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. Division of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, 97201, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan M.D. (Associate Professor of Surgery) & Albert Starr M.D. (Professor of Surgery and Chief)

  2. 9101 S. W. 15th Avenue, 97219, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Fredric M. Harwin B.F.A., M.S. (Medical Illustrator)

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Harlan, B.J., Starr, A., Harwin, F.M. (1981). Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect. In: Manual of Cardiac Surgery. Comprehensive Manuals of Surgical Specialties. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4118-6_3

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