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Complete Heart Block Following Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Due to Growth of Inflammatory Tissue

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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.

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The authors would like to thank Ms. A. Keivanshekouh at the Research Improvement Center of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences for improving the use of English in the manuscript.

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  1. Cardiac Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Hamid Amoozgar & Maryam Ahmadipoor

  2. Cardiac Surgery Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Ahmad Ali Amirghofran

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Namazi Hospital, 7193711351, Shiraz, Iran

    Hamid Amoozgar

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Amoozgar, H., Ahmadipoor, M. & Amirghofran, A.A. Complete Heart Block Following Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Due to Growth of Inflammatory Tissue. Pediatr Cardiol 35, 1301–1303 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-014-0986-3

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