Four cases of ventricular septal defect and ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction are reported. The clinical findings and surgical results in these four cases and in eight previously reported patients with this combination of complications are summarized. Resection of the ventricular aneurysm and closure of the ventricular septal defect appear indicated, both on theoretical grounds a...

OBJECTIVE Patch closure of the subarterial ventricular septal defect requires suture placement at the pulmonary annulus. We aimed to identify whether patch closure of subarterial ventricular septal defect would affect the growth of pulmonary annulus in comparison with that of perimembranous ventricular septal defect. METHODS Of 361 patients who underwent patch closure of ventricular septal de...

Ventricular septal defect concurrent with left ventricular aneurysm is unusual in postinfarction patients. The complex anatomy is challenging for occluder deployment in transcatheter closure and associated with high risk of aneurysm perforation. We present a case of transcatheter closure of a large postinfarction ventricular septal defect with an Amplatzer septal occluder in a 71-year-old woman...

Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot is associated with excellent results. Long-term complications include arrhythmias, sudden death, and right ventricular aneurysm formation. Reoperation is necessary in approximately 5% of patients for residual ventricular septal defect, pulmonary regurgitation, or pulmonary stenosis. Pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect is a more complex situation, a...

Optimal management of coarctation with ventricular septal defect is difficult. Should one treat the coarctation, the ventricular septal defect, or both? This dilemma was investigated by reviewing 39 successive patients, aged less than 4 months, undergoing coarctation repair without pulmonary artery banding. Twelve hospital deaths occurred. Ventricular septal defect size was graded "blind" accor...

Introduction: In this study, we sought to illustrate our experience in urgent surgical management for embolized cardiac septal occlude devices resulting from trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect. Mathrials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed four patients aged 2–10 years who underwent urgent surgery due to cardiac septal occluder embolization between...

I nfants with aortic arch obstruction and outlet ventricular septal defect can have posterior displacement of the infundibular septum into the left ventricular outflow tract causing varying degrees of subaortic stenosis.1-3 Because of the large ventricular septal defect, left ventricular outflow tract velocities are frequently normal. For this reason, Doppler peak gradients are often not helpfu...

A case of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with a fistula to right ventricle is presented. It appeared following the repair of a ventricular septal defect after acute myocardial infarction. The left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is associated, in most cases, with acute myocardial infarction. However, we should not forget surgery as aetiology of this pathology. The most frequent post-surgery pseudoa...