One Case of Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block Diagnosed by Fetal Echocardiography
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
; : 567-571, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
Congenital complete atrioventicular block is uncommon which has a heterogenous etiology. According to recent studies, about one-third of the mothers of the patients who were diagnosed as congenital complete atrioventricular block, had symptoms or signs of connective tissue disease. Even though the outlook is usually regarded as favorable, the mortality is highest in the neonatal period, much lower during childhood and adolescence and increases slowly later in life. In the neonatal period the predominant indication for pacing was heart failure. It is difficult to make a prognosis in the individual patient. A slow, fixed or decreasing venticular rate neonatally and a prolonged QT interval seem to be bad prognostic sign. We report a case of congenital complete atrioventricular block who was diagnosed by fetal echocardiography. Her mother was asymptomatic, but had positive serologic test to anti-Ro antibody and anti-La antibody. We report a case of congenital complete atrioventricular block with a brief review of related literatures.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Serologic Tests
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Echocardiography
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Mortality
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Connective Tissue Diseases
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Atrioventricular Block
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Heart Failure
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Mothers
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
1997
Type:
Article