Key result
Pediatric open-heart surgery is linked to early postoperative complete heart block in ~5% of patients.
Why the study?
Complete heart block after congenital heart surgery can cause postoperative death and heart failure, prompting evaluation of its frequency and pacemaker requirements.
Cross-Sectional (n=2,100)
No
Early complete heart block occurs in approximately 5% of children following open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease, but the majority recover without requiring a permanent pacemaker.
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May inform perioperative monitoring in pediatric congenital heart surgery; leaves open the need for prospective risk-factor studies.
Ahmad Gamei Khosroshahi (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Congenital cardiac diseases (n=2,100). Open-heart surgery was evaluated on Early postoperative complete heart block. Open-heart surgery in children with congenital cardiac diseases was associated with early postoperative complete heart block in 5.19% of patients, of whom 63.3% required a temporary pacemaker.
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