Duration of complete atrioventricular block after congenital heart disease surgery

S N Weindling; J P Saul; W J Gamble; J E Mayer; D Wessel; E P Walsh

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00375-0

Duration of complete atrioventricular block after congenital heart disease surgery

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Aug 15;82(4):525-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00375-0.

Authors

S N Weindling¹, J P Saul, W J Gamble, J E Mayer, D Wessel, E P Walsh

Affiliation

¹ Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 9723647
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00375-0

Abstract

Children with complete heart block following surgery for congenital heart diseases were prospectively followed to assess the timing for recovery of atrioventricular conduction, and to determine if there were clinical variables that reliably predict permanent heart block. Recovery of atrioventricular conduction occurred by postoperative day 9 in 97% of patients with transient heart block.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Block / etiology*
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial
Prospective Studies
Time Factors