1. Coronary Sinus Obstruction after Atrioventricular Canal Defect Repair
- Author
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Heather Y. Sun, David M. Peng, Inger Olson, Frank L. Hanley, and Rajesh Punn
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Perioperative ,medicine.disease ,Sudden death ,Angina ,Ostium ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Internal medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Cardiology ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Surgery ,cardiovascular diseases ,Myocardial infarction ,Atrioventricular canal defect ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Sinus (anatomy) ,Coronary sinus - Abstract
The coronary sinus can become obstructed with any instrumentation at or near the ostium such as in atrioventricular canal defect repairs. This complication may lead to a wide range of consequences including dyspnea, angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden death. The following report illustrates the importance of careful perioperative echocardiographic evaluation of the coronary sinus in procedures that may affect the sinus and its ostium.
- Published
- 2013