Central extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to decision in a patient with a ventricular septal rupture complicating a myocardial infarction
Rev. colomb. cardiol; 25 (6), 2018
Abstract 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...