Chylothorax after repair of ventricular septal defect
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Heart block after repair of ventricular septal defect in children.
T HE CLOSE anatomic relationship of the conduction system of the heart to most ventricular septal defects'-5 makes the occurrence of complete heart block a potential risk in the repair of these lesions. In our experience , when complete heart block has developed , it has often proved to be a serious complication. Although reversion to sinus rhythm occurs in the early postoperative period in man...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)42829-8