Interventricular septal hematoma following repair of a ventricular septal defect

Hirokuni Yamazawa; Atsuhito Takeda; Hiromichi Nakajima; Tsuyoshi Tachibana; Mitsuru Aoki

doi:10.1111/jocs.13145

Interventricular septal hematoma following repair of a ventricular septal defect

J Card Surg. 2017 Jun;32(6):390-393. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13145. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Hirokuni Yamazawa¹, Atsuhito Takeda¹, Hiromichi Nakajima², Tsuyoshi Tachibana³, Mitsuru Aoki⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiba Children's Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

PMID: 28493392
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13145

Abstract

An interventricular septal hematoma is a rare complication after patch closure of a ventricular septal defect (VSD). We describe three cases of interventricular septal hematomas following patch VSD and discuss their management.

Keywords: congenital heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Heart Ventricles*
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant
Male
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*