I already had the surgery! .. And now, what’s next? (post surgical care)

Post-operative heart (surgery) or post-interventionist (catheterization) patients require regular monitoring.

OPERATED PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE ARE NOT HIGHLY DEFINITIVE

The patent foramen ovale in children does not require cardiovascular monitoring.

The patent ductus arteriosus closed by surgery will occasionally require some revision. There are reports of late presentation of subaortic stenosis.

Patients in whom procedures were performed to close the interatrial, interventricular, tetralogy of Fallot communication (among others) require evaluation of short residual circuits as well as long-term arrhythmias.

Patients with palliative procedures (systemic pulmonary fistulas, bidirectional or total cavopulmonary shunts) will require periodic monitoring (electrocardiogram, chest x-ray, echocardiogram, tomography) to assess whether they are candidates for any subsequent surgical or interventional (catheterization) procedure.

Patients undergoing ablation procedures (arrhythmias) and / or pacemakers require regular monitoring.