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BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction associated ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a potentially catastrophic complication. Though surgical repair remains the definitive treatment, outcomes are poor with high mortality rates.Case and Management: We present the case of a 62-year-old male who presented with a delayed STEMI leading to a VSR and cardiogenic shock. His management strategy included early percutaneous VSR closure and use of an intra-aortic balloon pump and inotropes. This served as a bridge to definitive surgical VSR patch repair while allowing hemodynamic stabilization, end-organ recovery, and myocardial tissue stabilization. CONCLUSION: Mechanical support devices such as intra-aortic balloon pump and Impella combined with percutaneous closure options can serve as a bridge to definitive surgery for VSR. This requires rapid mobilization of a multi-disciplinary structural heart team including advanced imagers, structural interventionalists, and surgeons.
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Infarto del Miocardio , Infarto del Miocardio con Elevación del ST , Rotura Septal Ventricular , Masculino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Rotura Septal Ventricular/etiología , Rotura Septal Ventricular/cirugía , Infarto del Miocardio con Elevación del ST/cirugía , Infarto del Miocardio con Elevación del ST/complicaciones , Infarto del Miocardio/cirugía , Infarto del Miocardio/complicaciones , Choque Cardiogénico/etiología , Choque Cardiogénico/terapia , CorazónRESUMEN
Social media use has dramatically increased in the past two decades. This growth has been seen in the health-care field as well. Social media is being used for a variety of activities including networking, education, public health, and marketing. Health-care professionals in cardiology participate in social media to varying degrees and in different ways. Current studies have focused primarily on physicians who have an established presence on social media. To learn more about the social media habits of community-based cardiology providers, we queried attendants at a cardiovascular conference held by our health-care system. The purpose of this article is to: Highlight the social media habits of a range of community-based cardiology providers and distinguish between producing and consuming social media. There is a predominance of social media content consumers compared to producersOutline important considerations when assessing the risks and benefits of social media use and the perceived concerns of cardiology health-care professionalsEmphasize the need to incorporate guidelines for social media use into institutional policies and provide training on social media use to the health-care community.