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J Soczek-Michalska

Publications and source records attributed to J Soczek-Michalska.

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Recurrent cardiac tamponade after replacement of three heart valves. A case report.

Delayed pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are rare late complications of open-heart surgery. A case after replacement of all three heart valves with the Björk-Shiley tilting disc valves with an unusual clinical course is presented in the following. Unsuccessful subsequent medical treatment, subsequent surgical intervention and its results are described and discussed. The need of further reports on similar observations is emphasized.

Adult↗

Arrhythmia during mitral commissurotomy.

The authors studied in detail arrhythmias recorded during 110 operations of mitral commissurotomy. In all cases supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias developed and their type, as well as frequency, depended on the stage of operation. Life-endangering ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular flutter or fibrillation) were never observed and ventricular tachycardia occurring when the orifice was being dilated always regressed spontaneously when a Dubost dilator was removed. Rapid differential diagnosis of arrhythmias is facilitated greatly by additional ECG recording from oesophageal lead. Indications for pharmacological treatment are discussed. This treatment was used, however, in several cases only.

Adolescent↗