Transesophageal echo to help percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect post acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Ventricular septal defect after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a complication associated with poor outcome in the absence of intervention. We report a case of successful TEE guided transcatheter closure of a post myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal defect (VSD) with an Amplatzer occluder in a 79 years old male with cardiogenic shock.

Keywords::

• Myocardial infarction
• heart septal defects
• echocardiography

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