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(Chest. 1972;62:224-226.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect and Eisenmenger Syndrome

Edwin L. Rothfeld F.C.C.P.1; I. Richard Zucker F.C.C.P.1; and Victor Parsonnet F.C.C.P.1

1 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey

We have documented a unique instance of the development of the Eisenmenger syndrome 17 years after rupture of the infarcted ventricular septum. Our patient represents the longest reported survivor of a postifarction VSD and the only one known to have reversed the shunt as a result of a striking increase in pulmonary vascular resistance.






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