False passage in the interventricular septum. Echocardiography in diagnosis and management of a rare complication after closed transventricular valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis.
A case of a false passage causing an aneurysm of the interventricular septum is reported. Two-dimensional echocardiography facilitates the correct preoperative diagnosis of critical aortic stenosis and is helpful in the postoperative management to assess the outcome and detect complications. Surgical intervention for a false passage was prevented by serial echocardiographic follow-up studies showing resolution of the aneurysm.
Stein
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Graz, Austria.
Rigler
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Beitzke
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D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*