CLOSURE OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE CAUSED BY ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION USING A TRANSAORTIC BALLOON CATHETER

    • KOSUGE MASAMI
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine
    • KIMURA KAZUO
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine
    • SHIMIZU MAKOTO
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine
    • HIMENO HIDEO
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine
    • HONGO YOICHIRO
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine
    • SUGIYAMA MITSUGI
    • The Critical Care and Emergency Medical Center and the Second Department of Internal Medicine

Abstract

We report a case of successful transaortic closure of a postinfarction ventricular septal rupture using a Swan-Ganz catheter. The method markedly reduced a left-to-right shunt and the improved hemodynamic condition of the patient, an 81-year-old woman, was maintained for about a week before surgical treatment. Inflation of the balloon with water made the balloon visible via echocardiography and was effective in maintaining inflation and echocardiographic follow-up.

Journal

Japanese circulation journal   [List of Volumes]

Japanese circulation journal 57(4), 353-357, 1993-04-20  [Table of Contents]

Japanese Circulation Society

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  • NII Article ID (NAID) :
    110002595781
  • NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) :
    AA00690731
  • Text Lang :
    ENG
  • Article Type :
    Journal Article
  • ISSN :
    00471828
  • Databases :
    CJPref  NII-ELS