FRCS Cardiothoracic Practice Questions - Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination In Cardiothoracic Surgery (FRCS C-Th) Exam

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Three days after CABG, a patient develops a new pansystolic murmur, hypotension and pulmonary oedema. Echocardiography shows a ventricular septal rupture. What is the most likely underlying cause?

Postpericardiotomy syndrome Prosthetic valve dehiscence Graft occlusion causing acute LAD territory infarction Tamponade from a loculated effusion

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Graft occlusion causing acute LAD territory infarction

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