[Postinfarct defects of the interventricular heart septum in hypertension].

Six autopsy observations of postinfarction defects of the interventricular septum developing in the presence of transmural myocardial infarctions in men of 64-69 who had suffered from hypertension for 10-15 years are described. Five patients with such defect died within the first week after the development of the defect of the interventricular septum, but one patient with this defect lived for 2 years and died with repeat infarction. This complication was diagnosed intravitally in 3 patients.