Ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicating acute myocardial infarction is a rare but serious event carrying a high mortality. Residual shunting after emergency surgical repair is common, adversely affects prognosis and can necessitate reoperation. We describe the successful transcatheter VSD closure with the Amplatzer occluder in a 75-year old man after earlier emergency surgical repair of a VSD complicating an acute myocardial infarction. The technique and positioning of the device in a tortuous infero-apical VSD are described.
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King Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi Arabia
Elasfar, Abdelfatah Abdelazim
Soofi, Muhammad Adil
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King Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi Arabia
Soofi, Muhammad Adil
Kashour, Tarek Seifaw
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King Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi Arabia
Kashour, Tarek Seifaw
Koudieh, Mohammed
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King Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Cardiac Surg, Riyadh 59046, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi Arabia
Koudieh, Mohammed
Galal, Mohammed Omar
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King Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Pediat Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahad Med City, Prince Salman Heart Ctr, Dept Adult Cardiol, Riyadh 59046, Saudi Arabia
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Natl Yang Ming Univ, Dept Pediat, Taipei, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Nie, You-Lin
Lin, Ming-Chih
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Natl Yang Ming Univ, Dept Pediat, Taipei, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Lin, Ming-Chih
Lin, Wei-Wen
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Cardiovasc Ctr, Taichung, Taiwan
Tunghai Univ, Dept Life Sci, Taichung, Taiwan
Tunghai Univ, Dept Life Sci, Taichung, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Lin, Wei-Wen
Wang, Chung-Chi
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Cardiovasc Ctr, Taichung, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Wang, Chung-Chi
Chen, Ching-Pei
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Changhua Christian Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Changhua, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Chen, Ching-Pei
Lin, Chia-Hsun
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Shin Kong Wu Ho Su Mem Hosp, Dept Surg, Div Cardiovasc Surg, Taipei, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Lin, Chia-Hsun
Shyu, Tsung-Cheng
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Shyu, Tsung-Cheng
Quek, Yeak-Wun
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Quek, Yeak-Wun
Jan, Sheng-Ling
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Natl Yang Ming Univ, Dept Pediat, Taipei, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Jan, Sheng-Ling
Fu, Yun-Ching
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Taichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
Natl Yang Ming Univ, Dept Pediat, Taipei, TaiwanTaichung Vet Gen Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Cardiol, Taichung, Taiwan
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Lahey Clin Med Ctr, Catheterizat Lab, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Burlington, MA 01805 USALahey Clin Med Ctr, Catheterizat Lab, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Burlington, MA 01805 USA
Pienvichit, P
Piemonte, TC
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Lahey Clin Med Ctr, Catheterizat Lab, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Burlington, MA 01805 USALahey Clin Med Ctr, Catheterizat Lab, Dept Med, Div Cardiol, Burlington, MA 01805 USA