Transient complete heart block following percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty: Treatment with systemic corticosteroids
| Autor: | Aaron R. Levin, Mary Allen Engle, Charlotte Steinberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Right heart catheterization
medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Heart block Balloon Methylprednisolone Drug Administration Schedule Catheterization Internal medicine medicine Humans Effective treatment business.industry Hemodynamics Vascular surgery medicine.disease Surgery Cardiac surgery Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Heart Block Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Electrocardiography Ambulatory Cardiology Prednisone Drug Therapy Combination Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Cardiology. 13:181-183 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1971 0172-0643 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00793954 |
| Popis: | Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty is a safe and effective treatment for congenital pulmonic valve stenosis. This report describes a child who developed complete atrioventricular (AV) block following balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. The child was treated with a 10-day course of systemic corticosteroids. The heart block gradually resolved during the first week following the procedure and has not recurred. Heart block is a known complication of right heart catheterization and has been described following balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. Systemic corticosteroids have been used to treat AV block of various etiologies and may have contributed to the child's recovery in this case. |
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