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LV RUPTURE

Before Repair
After repair

Left ventricular (LV) rupture is a catastrophic but common occurrence with acute myocardial infarction patients. The incidence of LV free-wall rupture post-acute myocardial infarction is less than 1%, but mortality is extremely high without prompt surgical intervention. It can also occur in trauma, infections, and malignancies. This activity reviews the evaluation and treatment of rupture and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in evaluating and treating the condition.

Left ventricular (LV) rupture

MI VSD

MI ventricular septal defect

Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect (post-MI VSD) is an increasingly rare complication of myocardial infarction. Most commonly, it develops within a few days after a transmural MI involving the septum. Mortality associated with the complication remains high. Conservative treatment is associated with 94% mortality, while surgical treatment is associated with 47% mortality during the first 30 days [1]. Despite the improving outcomes, making a decision to perform surgery is complicated by the severe preoperative condition of the patients and the softness of the tissues affected by necrosis

Bentall's Procedure for 
AORTIC DISSECTION

Bentall's Procedure

The Bentall procedure is a surgical repair of an ascending aortic or aortic root aneurysm in combination with aortic valve disease. Less commonly, it is used to repair aortic dissection affecting the aortic root and valve

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