Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Sep 2023)

Case report: Heart transplant for persistent right heart failure after complete surgical repair and percutaneous closure of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture

  • Pankaj Garg,
  • Amy Lykins,
  • Mohammad Alomari,
  • Peter Pollak,
  • Parag Patel,
  • Basar Sareyyupoglu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1237772
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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The incidence of post-acute myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture (post-AMI VSR) has decreased; however, mortality after surgical repair of post-AMI VSR remains high. Patients who are not surgical candidates can be managed by heart transplant with a good outcome. A heart transplant in a patient after successful repair of VSR has never been reported. We report a patient who had persistent right heart failure after the successful repair of VSR and underwent a heart transplant with a good outcome.

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