Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Altaweel, Hayan
• Kabbani, Mohamed S.
• Hijazi, Omar
• Hammadah, Hussam M.
• Al Ghamdi, Saleh

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• The Egyptian heart journal, 2018-12, Vol.70 (4), p.455-459

Ort / Verlag

Egypt: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.