Ventricular Septal Rupture in 2 Patients Presenting Late after Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Malav Parikh, MD; Meredith Busman, MD; Michael Dickinson, MD; David Wohns, MD; Ryan D. Madder, MD

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.023

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Ventricular Septal Rupture in 2 Patients Presenting Late after Myocardial Infarction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Malav Parikh, MD,
Meredith Busman, MD,
Michael Dickinson, MD,
David Wohns, MD,
Ryan D. Madder, MD

Affiliations

Malav Parikh, MD: Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Meredith Busman, MD: Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Michael Dickinson, MD: Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
David Wohns, MD: Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ryan D. Madder, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Ryan D. Madder, Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, 100 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.; Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.023
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 2013 – 2015

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Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) following myocardial infarction is rare in the reperfusion era. The decrease in patients presenting with myocardial infarction during the coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could result in more frequent VSR. This report describes two patients with VSR presenting late after myocardial infarction and treated at a single institution. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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