Abstract

We report a rare case of interventricular septal hematoma after patch closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect in a 10-month-old infant. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was not performed. Routine transthoracic echocardiography at the 1st postoperative hour showed a huge intramural hematoma causing severe thickening of the ventricular septum. The patient's hemodynamics were stable and surgical revision was not required. The patient recovered well without complication.

How to cite

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Eyileten Z, Aliyev A, Çiftçi Ö, et al. An extremely rare complication of congenital heart surgery: interventricular septal hematoma. Turk J Pediatr 2013; 55: 662-664.