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Successful Correction of Postinfarction Interventricular Septum Rupture Diagnosed Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Clinical Case)

ABSTRACT

Postinfarction interventricular septum defect is a rare, but very serious and sometimes fatal, complication of acute myocardial infarction. This article describes a clinical case of online diagnosis of a late-stage myocardial infarction and the subsequent successful endovascular repair of a postinfarction ventricular septum defect with a Myval™ occluder.

Keywords:
Myocardium Infarctation; Ventricular Septum/diagnostic; COVID-19; Pandemic

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