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.