The role of temporary mechanical circulatory support in an effective surgical treatment of a left ventricular aneurysm and a ventricular septal defect in a patient after anterior wall myocardial infarction

Referring to the discussion on effective methods of treatment for patients with a post-infarction left ventricular aneurysm and a ventricular septal defect (VSD) [1], we present the case of a 57-year-old man with hypertension, chronic renal failure, and Crohn’s disease who was admitted to the cardiac surgery department due to cardiogenic shock in the course of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction of the anterior wall, complicated by rupture of the interventricular septum (IVS) and large left ventricular aneurysm within the apex.

In the patient’s history, an acute cardiac pain occurred six days before hospitalization in the department of cardiology