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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Unexpected interventricular septal hematoma after ventricular septal defect closure: intraoperative echocardiographic
Massimo A Padalino1, Simone Speggiorin, Demetrio Pittarello
1Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padova, Medical School, Padova, Italy. massimo.padalino@unipd.it
Abstract:
We report a rare case of an interventricular septal hematoma in a 4-month-old infant after patch closure of a membranous ventricular septal defect. Routine intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring allowed immediate detection of intraventricular hematoma that was promptly treated by simple needle drainage after weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass. Patient's postoperative clinical course was uneventful.
