Perforation of Infarcted Interventricular Septum, with Partial Heart Block

Abstract

THIS is the report of an acquired interventricular defect that developed at the site of an infarct high in the septum and was associated with partial heart block and a systolic murmur. In previous comprehensive surveys in 1934 by Sager¹ and in 1943 by Weber² a total of 35 cases of interventricular septal perforations due to infarction were collected. Since that time, 18 additional cases have been reported. Prior to the case reported below there were reports of only 2 cases of infarcted septal perforations with clinically detected conduction disturbances of the heart.The purpose of this paper is to . . .