Surgical Repair of Ventricular Septal Defect After Myocardial Infarction: Outcomes From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 436 - 444
• Main Authors: Arnaoutakis, George J., MD, Zhao, Yue, PhD, George, Timothy J., MD, Sciortino, Christopher M., MD, PhD, McCarthy, Patrick M., MD, Conte, John V., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava; Coronary heart disease; Databases, Factual; Female; Heart; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - etiology; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Pneumology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; coronary artery disease; ejection fraction; IABP; myocardial infarction; odds ratio; New York Heart Association; SD; percutaneous coronary intervention; STS; Adult Cardiac Surgery Database; cardiopulmonary bypass; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; mitral valve; ventricular septal defect; MI; 30; NYHA; EF; intraaortic balloon pump; OR; CI; VSD; CAD; MV; coronary artery bypass graft; ACSD; ventricular assist device; CPB; PCI; VAD; confidence interval; CABG; standard deviation; Myocardial infarction; Corrective surgery; Prognosis; Ventricular septal defect; Cardiovascular disease; Intracardiac defect; Thorax; Coronary heart disease; Congenital disease; Myocardial disease; Surgeon; Treatment; Malformation; Database; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; Society; Cardiology; Repair

Background The development of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) after myocardial infarction (MI) is an uncommon but highly lethal complication. We examined The Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to characterize patients undergoing surgical repair of post-MI VSD and to identify risk factors for po...