Supraventricular conduction abnormalities following cardiac operations

Abnormalities of cardiac conduction in diabetics.

Cardiac conduction abnormalities during percutaneous balloon mitral or aortic valvotomy.

To evaluate the electrophysiologic changes in the cardiac conduction system that occur during percutaneous mitral or aortic balloon valvotomy, we prospectively studied the conduction system in 19 patients (10 mitral, 8 aortic, and 1 both) undergoing this procedure. A His bundle electrogram was recorded in all patients, and when sinus rhythm was present, the atrioventricular (AV) node effective ...

Sternal wound tuberculosis following cardiac operations: a review

OBJECTIVE The diagnosis and treatment of sternal wound infections with mycobacteria are challenging. Such an infection is often associated with a delayed diagnosis and improper treatment that may lead to a worsened clinical outcome. The present study is designed to highlight its clinical features so as to facilitate a prompt diagnosis and timely treatment. METHODS MEDLINE, Highwire Press, and...

The incidence and management of "medical" complications following cardiac operations.

THE DIRECT MORTALITY associated with operations upon the heart and great vessels has steadily declined as surgeons have become more familiar with the operative management of various congenital and acquired malformations, and as improvements have been made in methods of preoperative preparation, the conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass, and in postoperative management. Nevertheless, complications s...

Supraventricular Tachyeardia with Left Aberrant Conduction due to Retrograde Invasion

DURING experimentally induced supraventricular tachycardia Moe and associates' observed in the dog heart aberrant conduction in one of the bundle branches, caused by retrograde invasion into that bundle branch, causing functional bundlebranch block. As far as we know no clinical record has been reported. Recently we saw a patient with supraventricular tachycardia and left aberrant conduction, p...