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. 1999;26(4):315–317.

Six-year survival of unoperated ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction.

H Kamishirado 1, T Inoue 1, Y Sakai 1, R Matsunaga 1, S Morooka 1
PMCID: PMC325675  PMID: 10653267

Abstract

We present the case of a patient who survived for 6 years without surgical repair of a ventricular septal rupture that followed an acute myocardial infarction. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 other cases have been reported in which the patient survived for more than 5 years.

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