title: An extremely rare complication of congenital heart surgery: interventricular septal hematoma.
abstract: We report a rare case of interventricular septal hematoma after patch closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect in a 10-month-old infant. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography was not performed. Routine transthoracic echocardiography at the 1st postoperative hour showed a huge intramural hematoma causing severe thickening of the ventricular septum. The patient's hemodynamics were stable and surgical revision was not required. The patient recovered well without complication.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. zeyileten@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Eyileten
authors.forename: Anar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aliyev
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Çiftçi
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Çağlar
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Ödek
authors.forename: Tanıl
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kendirli
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tutar
authors.forename: Semra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atalay
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uysalel
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007431:Intraoperative Complications