passages.id: 10864
passages.type: title
passages.text: Postinfarction ventricular septal defect associated with long-term steroid therapy.
passages.id: 10865
passages.type: abstract
passages.text: Two cases of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture in patients on long-term steroid therapy are presented and the favourable outcome in both cases described. A possible association between steroid therapy and subsequent postinfarction septal rupture is discussed.