Late presenting complete heart block after surgical repair of ventricular septal defect

Late onset of complete heart block is a life-threatening uncommon complication after surgical repair of congenital heart diseases. In this report, we discuss two cases of Perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) that had late presentation of complete heart block after surgical repair. We are a...

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Autores principales: Altaweel, Hayan, Kabbani, Mohamed S., Hijazi, Omar, Hammadah, Hussam M., Al Ghamdi, Saleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Egyptian Society of Cardiology 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehj.2018.10.006
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Sumario:Late onset of complete heart block is a life-threatening uncommon complication after surgical repair of congenital heart diseases. In this report, we discuss two cases of Perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) that had late presentation of complete heart block after surgical repair. We are aiming to highlight this unusual complication for more awareness, better understanding and management of this unusual complication after pediatric cardiac surgery.

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