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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1757-1758
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Toronto Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, 13 EN-222, Toronto, Ont, Canada M5G 2C4

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See also page 1752.

Cox and associates found that proximal rupture of the interventricular septum was the main determinant of preoperative cardiogenic shock in patients with postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD). Cardiogenic shock is a well-known determinant of operative mortality in these patients. These investigators reported an unusually high proportion of anterior proximal septal ruptures and posterior distal septal ruptures in patients with postinfarction VSD. In . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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