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Case Report Mitral Regurgitation due to Recurrent Septal Rupture after Repair of a Postinfarction Posterior Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
Chan Beom Park, Ung Jin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2009.24.1.39
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ungjin@catholic.ac.kr
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Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a serious complication following an acute myocardial infarction. We performed repair of a postinfarction posterior VSR; however, the patient developed mitral regurgitation (MR) 2 months later. Geometrical changes caused by ventricular remodeling and recurrent shuntare thought to be the cause of delayed MR.


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