Extracorporeal Life Support as a Bridge to Surgery of Acute Ventricular Septal Defect
Background Postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare but life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Surgery represents the treatment of choice. But the optimal timing for surgery is still under debate. Case Description Here, we present the case of a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2020-01-01
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| Series: | The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1714074 |