title: Unexpected interventricular septal hematoma after ventricular septal defect closure: intraoperative echocardiographic early detection.
abstract: We report a rare case of an interventricular septal hematoma in a 4-month-old infant after patch closure of a membranous ventricular septal defect. Routine intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring allowed immediate detection of intraventricular hematoma that was promptly treated by simple needle drainage after weaning off cardiopulmonary bypass. Patient's postoperative clinical course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Padova, Medical School, Padova, Italy. massimo.padalino@unipd.it
authors.forename: Massimo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Padalino
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speggiorin
authors.forename: Demetrio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittarello
authors.forename: Ornella
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Milanesi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stellin
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004322:Drainage; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant