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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2025; 17(7): 109787
Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.109787
Table 1 Epidemiological characteristics of acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture before and after the implementation of emergency percutaneous coronary intervention, n (%)
Research object
Research center/country
Type of study population
AMI cases (n)
VSR incidence
Gender (male:female)
Implementation status of acute PCI
Year
Ref.
GUSTO TrialInternational multicenter (Europe and United States)AMI patients primarily receiving thrombolytic therapy36303798 (2.2) 1:1.2Thrombolysis as the primary approach1993[84]
PAMI-1 and PAMI-2Multicenter (America)AMI patients12954 (0.31) -PCI1995[85-87]
SHOCK ResearchInternational multicenter (Europe and United States)Patients with cardiogenic shock complicated by VSR after MI93955 (5.86) -Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI1999-2006[88]
MOODY Registered StudyChina (multicenter) AMI926552 (0.56) 0.625:1Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI1999-2016[89]
-International multicenterSTEMI, NSTEMI912636210344 (0.11)0.71:1Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI2003-2015[9]
Huazhong Fuwai Cardiovascular HospitalChina (single centre)VSR with percutaneous closure-810.72:1PCI and Percutaneous Septal Closure2013-2020[90]
Huazhong Fuwai Cardiovascular HospitalChina (single centre)PIVSR patients-2130.95:1PCI2018-2023[91]
CAUTION study(NCT03848429)International multicenterPost-infarction MCs-7201.46:1Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI2001-2019[92]
Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, IndiaIndia (single centre)Patients diagnosed with post-AMI VSR and who underwent surgical closure of VSR by double patch technique-772.67:1Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI2002-2022[93]
Karachi Tabba Heart Institute, Department of Clinical Research in CardiologyPakistan (multicenter)AMI-VSR1142867 (0.6) 1.68:1PCI2011-2020[94]
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina (single centre)AMI-VSR539542 (0.78) -PCI2016-2020[95]
Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityChina (single centre)AMI-VSR-1800.94:1PCI2016-2023[25]
Coronary Heart Disease Center, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical CollegeChina (single centre)AMI-VSR1235470 (0.57) 0.89:1Thrombolysis combined with IABP, partial PCI2002-2010[96]
Peking University People's Hospital ResearchChina (single centre)STEMI205716 (0.7) 1:111 cases of coronary angiography1990-2004[97]
-China (multicenter)AMI-VSR-1271.12:161.4% drug therapy, 24.4% TCC, 14.2% surgical intervention2012-2019[98]
Shenyang Northern Theater General HospitalChina (single centre)AMI-VSR-451.25:1Surgery, IABP/ECMO2012-2021[99]
Cairo UniversityEgypt (single centre)PIVSR-321:1PCI2015-2023[100]
Nanjing First Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical UniversityChina (single centre)AMI-VSR-500.63:1PCI2012-2021[101]
National University of Singapore researchSingapore (single centre)Analysis of Pathological Characteristics of VSR in Asian Populations-401.2:1Histopathology combined with immunohistochemistry2010-2020[102]
A tertiary care center in South IndiaSouth India (single centre)Patients undergoing TCC-212.5:1PCI + TCC2000-2014[103]
Cleveland clinicUnited States (single centre)AMI-VSR-381.375:1PCI + Ventricular septal repair1976-2023[104]