Myocardial Infarction with Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicating Elective Aortic Valve Replacement.

J. Gerrit-Jan Milhous1, Robin H. Heijmen2, Egbert T. Bal1, H. W. Thijs Plokker1
Departments of 1Cardiology and 2Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein,
The Netherlands
 

Herein is described the case of a 79-year-old woman who underwent elective aortic valve replacement. The procedure was complicated by a particulate embolism into the left anterior descending artery leading to a myocardial infarction, complicated by ventricular

septal rupture. Subsequently, the patient was reoperated on and the septal defect closed successfully, with an uneventful recovery.

The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2006;15:509-511
 
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