Ventricular Septal Defect Following Disobliteration of Right Coronary Artery | [Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP • 2009]

Author(s):

1. Brian Nyawo: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

2. Raja Farhat Shoaib: Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

3. Pradip Sarkar: Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK.

Abstract:

Reperfusion injury is thought to occur during coronary recanalisation but rarely produces clinically significant effects other than arrhythmia. We report an unusual case of Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) developing after successful disobliteration of the right coronary artery. In this case clinical, electrocardiographic and biochemical evidence of myocardial injury developed 6 hours after successful percutaneous recanalization of the infarct related artery. A rapidly developing VSD soon became apparent necessitating surgical intervention to repair the defect. Unfortunately the patient died soon after surgery.

Page(s): 655-657

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Published: Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 19, Issue: 10, Year: 2009

Keywords:

Reperfusion Myocardial infarction Ventricular septal defect Coronary artery disobliteration

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