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Interventricular septal hematoma following repair of a ventricular septal defect
Author(s) -
Yamazawa Hirokuni,
Takeda Atsuhito,
Nakajima Hiromichi,
Tachibana Tsuyoshi,
Aoki Mitsuru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.13145
Subject(s) - medicine , interventricular septum , cardiology , complication , hematoma , heart septal defect , closure (psychology) , surgery , ventricle , market economy , economics
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.