Central extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to decision in a patient with a ventricular septal rupture complicating a myocardial infarction
In the era of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, mechanical complications after acute myocardial infarction are extremely rare, with an incidence of less than 0.5%. Rupture of the ventricular septum is the least frequent occurrence. Despite early surgical repair, mortality still remains hig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Colombiana de Cardiología |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0120563318301219 |