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Cardiogenic shock in patient with posterior postinfarction septal rupture--successful treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a ventricular assist device.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2009 July
We present the case of a 62-year-old female patient admitted to our center for cardiogenic shock due to large inferior myocardial infarct. Echocardiography revealed dysfunction of left ventricle, dilation of right ventricle, mitral valve insufficiency, and a large posterior ventricular septal defect (VSD). Coronary angiography showed occlusion of the right coronary artery. An attempt of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of right coronary and posterior descending artery was not successful due to old thrombi. Despite inotropes and intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) there was severe hemodynamic instability. Therefore, we commenced veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a ventricular assist device (VAD). Immediately we obtained the stabilization of the patient and the improvement of the clinical conditions. The third day after implantation, the closure of the defect, mitral valve plasty, and bypass to posterior descending artery were performed. The patient was discharged from the hospital 59 days after the operation. Six months after the operation, the patient was in good condition.
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