Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
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J. Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol. · Dec 2012
Postoperative heart block in children with common forms of congenital heart disease: results from the KID Database.
Cardiac conduction system injury is a cause of postoperative cardiac morbidity following repair of congenital heart disease (CHD). The national occurrence of postoperative complete heart block (CHB) following surgical repair of CHD is unknown. We sought to describe the occurrence of and costs related to postoperative CHB following surgical repair of common forms of CHD using a large national database. ⋯ There has been little change over time in the frequency of postoperative CHB in patients undergoing repair of VSD, AVC, and TOF. Postoperative CHB results in major added cost to the healthcare system.