Open AccessAnticipation and management of junctional ectopic tachycardia in postoperative cardiac surgery: Single center experience with high incidence
Author(s) -
Osama Abdelaziz,
Salem Deraz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.126543
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiac surgery , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , anesthesia , prospective cohort study , intensive care unit , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , aortic cross clamp , interquartile range , surgery , heart disease
Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) often occurs in the early postoperative period following surgery for congenital heart diseases and may lead to hemodynamic compromise. Its exact etiology is unknown, however, longer cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time, aortic cross clamp (ACC) time, catecholamines, and hypomagnesemia are known risk factors. JET is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality.