TY - JOUR AU - Shah, Syed Murad Ali AU - Ullah, Ikram AU - Khan, Muhammad Gibran AU - Ullah, Naseem AU - Malik, Abdul AU - Khan, Riaz Anwar PY - 2016/01/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - FREQUENCY OF COMPLETE HEART BLOCK AFTER SURGICAL CLOSURE OF PERIMEMBRANOUS VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 29 IS - 4 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1759 SP - AB - Objective: To find the frequency of complete heart block (CHB) in patients <br />undergoing surgical perimembranous Ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure.<br />Methodology: This was a Descriptive cross sectional study performed in Car -diovascular Department Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Data was collect-ed from 28 January 2013 to 28 July 2013 with sample size of 103.Sampling <br />technique was non probability consecutive. All patients with perimembranous <br />ventricular septal defect, aged 5 years to 25 years with any gender were in-cluded in the study.<br />Results:-Mean age was 12.63 years ± 6.63. Patients were divided in four cat -egories according to their age. Over all complete heart block in the perimem-branous ventricular septal defect after surgical closure was 10(9.71%). Age <br />wise distribution of complete heart block shows that majority of the complete <br />heart block 6(12.8%) were found in age less than or equal to 10 years.<br />Conclusion:-VSD closure is less often associated with CHB but there should <br />be arrangements for pace maker to timely pace the patient in case of any <br />emergency.<strong></strong> ER -