Table 3: Perioperative management of patients diagnosed with postinfarction ventricular septal rupture. |
|
|
Patients, n (%) |
Inotrope use |
16 (59.26) |
IACB |
14 (51.85) |
Interventionism |
|
Amplatzer |
1 (3.70) |
PCI |
3 (11.11) |
Successful |
2 (66.67) |
Failed |
1 (33.33) |
NYHA functional class |
|
I |
1 (3.70) |
II |
10 (37.04) |
III |
4 (14.82) |
IV |
12 (44.44) |
Time to diagnosis from an AMI to surgical PVSR (days) |
|
< 7 |
12 (44.44) |
7-15 |
11 (40.74) |
> 15 |
4 (14.82) |
IACB = intra-aortic counter-pulsation balloon, PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention, NYHA = New York Heart Association, AMI = acute myocardial infarction, PVSR = postinfarction ventricular septal rupture. |