Avtor/Urednik     Štajer, D; Noč, M; Horvat, M
Naslov     Is there always a need for urgent surgical treatment of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture?
Tip     članek
Vir     In: Mutz NJ, Koller W, Benzer H, editors. 7th European congress on intensive care medicine; 1994 Jun 14-17; Innsbruck, Austria. Bologna: Monduzzi editore,
Leto izdaje     1994
Obseg     str. 907-10
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) following acute myocardial infarction warrants surgical treatment in almost all patients. Urgent surgery is preferably performed, in order to reduce overall mortality, despite higher perioperative mortality. THe aim of our retrospective study was to determine the characteristics of patients with VSR who might tolerate and possibly benefit from a delayed surgical treatment. We treated 21 patients with VSR from January 1987. Nine of them were operated, 5 with a delay of great. th. 4 weeks. Patients with VSR who tolerated delayed surgery were typically without posterior wall myocardial infarction and severe tricuspid regurgitation, were haemodynamically stable on inotropic drugs, vasodilators and/or intraaortic balloon pump, had a smaller shunt flow, and were not mechanically ventilated.
Deskriptorji     VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
MIDDLE AGE
AGED
RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES
AGE FACTORS
HEMODYNAMICS