Complete Heart Block After Aortic Valve Repair and Septal Myectomy in a Patient With Rheumatic Heart Disease.

Marvi Moreno, Wilbur Ji, Brianna Yee, Kachon Lei, Chowdhury Ahsan

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Marvi MorenoInternal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA.

Wilbur JiInternal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.

Brianna YeeInternal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA.

Kachon LeiCardiology, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA.

Chowdhury AhsanInternal Medicine and Cardiology, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas · US

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Abstract

Surgical myectomy with concomitant valvular repair has been demonstrated to be safe in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). It is unclear which risk factors predispose patients to develop complete heart block (CHB). We present a unique case of a 66-year-old female with rheumatic heart disease and HOCM admitted for aortic valve (AV) repair and septal myectomy, complicated by a presentation of complete heart block. The histology slide showed fibrosis of the septum, suggesting atrioventricular conduction disease from rheumatic fever, which likely contributed to her presentation. This case highlights the importance of elucidating the etiology of HOCM before undergoing cardiac surgery to guide postsurgical management and improve clinical outcomes.

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aortic valve repaircomplete heart blockhypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathypreoperative assessmentrheumatic heart diseaseseptal myectomy

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PMID38435860

DOI10.7759/cureus.53347

PMCPMC10907803

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