Late postinfarction rupture of the interventricular septum

Abstract

This case is reported to emphasize that later postinfarction rupture of the ventricular septum may occur with symptoms of right ventricle failure dominating the clinical course.

Iatrogenic ventricular septal defect: A rare complication of surgical reconstruction of mitral paravalvular dehiscence

“…This defect could have been a post-infarction rupture of the ventricular septum. This was precluded due to a negative coronarogram, and the absence of coronary occlusion or evidence of a postinfarct septal defect pathology pattern during postmortem examination [5] , [6] .…”