The Bundle of His in Prosthetic Heart Valve Replacement
| Autor: | Rose, AG |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Zdroj: | South African Medical Journal; Vol 47, No 1 (1973) |
| ISSN: | 2078-5135 0256-9574 |
| Popis: | The proximal portion of the His-Tawara system was examined in 27 patients who died after a heart valve replacement operation. Fifteen patients died 5 days or less after operation, and recent conduction tissue haemorrhage was found in 9 of these patients. There was no sign of recent conduction tissue haemorrhage in the 12 patients who died later than 5 days postoperatively, nor in 14 control hearts from routine autopsies. Direct damage to conduction tissue by surgical sutures was observed in 2 patients. This study confirms that the conduction system is at risk during valve replacement operations. Haemorrhage into the conduction tissue is a frequent finding in patients dying within the first week after the operation.S. Afr. Med. J., 47, 136 (1973) |
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