Intraoperative Conduction Mapping to Reduce Postoperative Atrioventricular Block in Complex Congenital Heart Disease

In this podcast, Dr. Valentin Fuster reviews a groundbreaking study on intraoperative conduction mapping to prevent postoperative atrioventricular block (AVB) in children with complex congenital heart disease. The study highlights how mapping the His bundle during surgery significantly reduces the need for pacemakers, particularly in high-risk populations like those with Heterotaxy syndrome and non-Transposed Great Arteries, offering a promising tool to improve long-term outcomes for these patients.

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Each week, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, records free podcasts highlighting journal findings. To keep clinicians updated on the most important science emerging in clinical and translational cardiology, Dr. Fuster provides an overview of the weekly edition from the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), as well as a short summary of each manuscript. Encompassing JACC and nine cardiovascular specialty journals, the JACC family of journals rank among the top cardiovascular peer-reviewed journals in the world for scientific impact.