Complete heart block after balloon dilatation for congenital pulmonary stenosis.
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- 1 March 1988
- Vol. 59 (3), 384-386
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.59.3.384
Abstract
Permanent complete heart block developed in a five year old child during balloon dilatation for pulmonary valve stenosis. Damage to the atrioventricular node by pressure from the inflated balloon may have caused the conduction defect.Keywords
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