Complete heart block after balloon dilatation for congenital pulmonary stenosis

R N Lo; K C Lau; M P Leung

doi:10.1136/hrt.59.3.384

Complete heart block after balloon dilatation for congenital pulmonary stenosis

Br Heart J. 1988 Mar;59(3):384-6. doi: 10.1136/hrt.59.3.384.

Authors

R N Lo¹, K C Lau, M P Leung

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.

Abstract

Permanent complete heart block developed in a five year old child during balloon dilatation for pulmonary valve stenosis. Damage to the atrioventricular node by pressure from the inflated balloon may have caused the conduction defect.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Catheterization / adverse effects*
Child, Preschool
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Block / etiology*
Humans
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / congenital
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*