title: Complete heart block following transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect due to growth of inflammatory tissue.
abstract: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common approach to close the defects worldwide. In this approach, persistent conduction disturbance is extremely rare, but an acute increase in supraventricular ectopy and minimal risk of atrioventricular conduction disturbance, as complete heart block, has been seen. Here, we report a patient who underwent ASD closure with device and presented with persistent complete heart block 10 days after device occlusion due to inflammatory tissue formation just near the atrioventricular node area at the floor of the right atrium without any direct compression on the triangle of Koch.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, amozgah@sums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amoozgar
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmadipoor
authors.forename: Ahmad Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amirghofran
mesh_terms: D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male
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