Reversion to sinus rhythm 11 years after surgically induced heart block

J M Reid; E N Coleman; W Doig

doi:10.1136/hrt.38.11.1217

. 1976 Nov;38(11):1217–1219. doi: 10.1136/hrt.38.11.1217

Reversion to sinus rhythm 11 years after surgically induced heart block.

J M Reid, E N Coleman, W Doig

PMCID: PMC483159 PMID: 1008964

Abstract

A patient is presented in whom the heart reverted spontaneously to sinus rhythm 11 years after surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect complicated by complete heart block. It seems unlikely that regeneration of fibres in the bundle of His, if these had indeed been destroyed, could account for the restoration of sinus rhythm after so long an interval.