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Disruption of the ventricular septum after myocardial infarction is an infrequent event after a full-thickness myocardial infarction. The resulting clinical syndrome can range from an asymptomatic murmur to an extensive left-to-right intracardiac shunt with resulting heart failure and shock. The…
Step 1 Surgical Anatomy ◆ Postinfarction ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are classified as occurring in three locations—apical, anterior, and posteroinferior ( Fig. 8.1 ). Most common is an anterior or apical defect caused by anterior septal myocardial infarction after occlusion…