Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Successfully Treated with Impella as Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation
L. Giudicatti(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Benjamin I. Silbert(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Xiao-Fang Xu(Fiona Stanley Hospital), A. Putrino(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Felicity Lee(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Amit Shah(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Robert Larbalestier(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Karim Slimani(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Andrew Laycock(Fiona Stanley Hospital), Kaitlyn Lam(Fiona Stanley Hospital)
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Abstract
A 63-year-old female presented late with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. This was complicated by acute ventricular septal defect with large left-to-right shunt. An Impella CP was inserted on day seven with rapid haemodynamic improvement. This facilitated bridge to cardiac transplant on day twelve post-MI.
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