title: Postoperative interventricular septal haematoma following tetralogy of Fallot repair and perimembranous ventricular septal defect repair.
abstract: Interventricular septal haematoma is a rare postoperative complication in congenital heart surgery. We present one case of a 6-month-old after tetralogy of Fallot repair and 1 case of a 10-month-old after ventricular septal defect repair. Both were noted to have interventricular septal haematoma on intraoperative transoesophageal and postoperative echocardiogram. Although multiple previous reports, mainly in adults, have suggested aggressive intervention, both these cases were managed conservatively, highlighting the management and evolution of a rare postoperative complication in the paediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Fiona J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Salim G M
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jivanji
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.|Cardiac Unit, The Harley Street Clinic, Congenital Heart Centre, London, UK.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostolny
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D054088:Ventricular Septum
keywords: Postoperative interventricular septal haematoma