DETECTION OF EARLY POSTOPERATIVE DYSRHYTHMIAS AFTER TOTAL CORRECTION OF FALLOT'S TETRALOGY

Tamer Ahmed Abd El-MaKsoud;

Abstract


This study was carried out on 40 patients who were admitted to the postoperative intensive care unit in the National Heart Institute after being subjected to surgical total correction of Fallot's tetralogy; either transatrially or transventricularly; in the period from 311999 to 1112000.

The primary purpose of the current study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative dysrhythmias after successful total correction of Fallot's teralogy Also, we studied the difference between the two different approaches used in its repair; transatrial or transventricular ; in regard to the incidence of the different types of postoperative dysrhythmias.

Every patient was subjected to the following:
1) Preoperative assessment and evaluation including history taking, clinical assessment and twelve lead electrocardiogram.
2) Postoperative follow up (for 7 successive days)
including Clinical assessment, twelve lead electrocardiogram daily in the first three postoperative days, transthorasic echocardiography and laboratory investigations including serum sodium, serum potassium, Hb and Hct levels, Pa02 and PaC02 and Twenty-Four hours ambulatory Holter monitoring.

We excluded patients with residual flow across the ventricular septal defect patch, gradient across the right ventricular outflow tract of more than 30mmHg, moderate


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Title DETECTION OF EARLY POSTOPERATIVE DYSRHYTHMIAS AFTER TOTAL CORRECTION OF FALLOT'S TETRALOGY
Other Titles الكشف عن احتلال نشاط القلب الكهربائى فى الفتره المبكره بعد جراحه الاصلاح الكامل لرباعى فالوت
Authors Tamer Ahmed Abd El-MaKsoud
Issue Date 2002

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