The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 1209-1211, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Surgical treatment of postinfarction ventricular septal defect with aortic stenosis
LR Boglioli, TA Traill, AS Casale, BA Reitz and DE Cameron
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
A 69-year-old man with an acute postinfarction ventricular septal defect
was also found to have aortic stenosis. Successful management required
closure of the postinfarction ventricular septal defect and replacement of
the stenotic aortic valve. The contribution of aortic stenosis to the cause
of the infarction and the postinfarction ventricular septal defect, as well
as the implications for surgical management, are discussed.