Open AccessAortic valve replacement: Could it be a treatment for complete heart block?
Author(s) -
Ahmed Mostafa Omran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the egyptian society of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2524-1745
pISSN - 1110-578X
DOI - 10.1016/j.jescts.2016.11.006
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology , heart block , aortic valve replacement , sinus rhythm , aortic valve stenosis , aortic valve , atrioventricular block , electrocardiography , atrial fibrillation
In a case of calcific aortic stenosis with complete heart block, normal sinus rhythm returned following aortic valve replacement. A fifty nine years old with calcific aortic stenosis and complete heart block was completely cured by AVR only. From that we suggested that complete heart block in association with calcific aortic stenosis may be reversible and should be considered as early indication for aortic valve surgery