Ventricular septal defect and mitral regurgitation complicating acute myocardial infarction

Abstract

Summary:We report a case of rare incidence of both ventricular septal rupture and mitral regurgitation that followed an acute myocardial infarction in a 77-year-old woman. The literature contains few reports of such cases. The following reports both events and the progression of the clinical events.

Surgical treatment of ventricular septal rupture and mitral regurgitation complicating acute myocardial infarction: Report of a case and review of the literature

“…A review of the English literature on this subject has uncovered only 10 reports of coexisting VSR and MR (Corbally et al, 1982;Daggett et al, 1982b;Felner et al, 1970;Fleming, 1973;Gowda et al, 1976;Rawlins et ul., 1972;Skoulas and Beier, 1967;Zaidi, 1977). Five of these patients underwent mitral valve replacement or plication in addition to closure of the VSR.…”