Figure 1From: Risk factors and outcome analysis after surgical management of ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective analysisVSR repair is performed with the concept of “infarct exclusion”. The LV incision is made parallel to the left anterior descending artery, the patch is sutured on the healthy myocardium using 3–0 pledgetted prolene interrupted suture, and the LV ventriculotomy is closed, excluding the infarcted myocardium from the high pressure of the LV cavity.Back to article page