TRANSCATHETER DEVICE CLOSURE OF A POST-INFARCTION BASILAR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE IN A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH CARDIOGENIC SHOCK

Post-infarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare, deadly complication of myocardial infarction. Surgical repair remains gold standard, but advances in percutaneous techniques now provide alternatives to operative closure when surgical risk is prohibitive. A 67-year-old woman presented