title: [Haemolysis following repair of congenital anomalies of the heart (author's transl)].
abstract: Recently 11 cases of severe haemolysis after correction of septal defects have been reported. Our experience with this complication is shown in 5 patients. Conservative treatment as a matter of experience is possible only in a few cases. We use autologous pericardium, Rygg-Perikard resp. to prevent this complication.
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000009:adverse effects; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Mechanische Hämolyse nach Korrektur angeborener Herzfehler.