Isoprenaline infusion in the peripartum period for a parturient with congenital complete heart block

Emergent Caesarean section in parturient with congenital complete atrioventricular block

A 26-year-old gravida 2 parity 1, Indonesian migrant to Malaysia presented for her routine antenatal visit at 36 weeks of pregnancy. Ultrasound examination revealed intrauterine growth retardation with an estimated fetal weight of 2 kg, normal biophysical profile, extended breech lie and oligohydramnios with an amniotic fluid index (AFI) of 5.2 (normal AFI 8–18). She was counselled for elective...

Congenital complete heart block.

Congenital Complete Heart Block.

Few of the reported cases of congenital complete heart block have been over twenty years of age. It seems, therefore, worth reporting seven cases who are in good health at various ages between 22 and 42 years. This aetiological factor should, therefore, be thought of in middle-aged and even in elderly patients with complete heart block of unknown oetiology. Campbell and Suzman (1934), reporting...

Congenital complete heart block.

seven hours twenty minutes before delivery, the foetal heart sounds became audible. The very slow rate was noted. It was regular, and the provisional diagnosis of complete heart block was suggested. At delivery the condition of the infant was good: there was no cyanosis. Auscultation of the heart disclosed no murmurs. The ventricular rate fluctuated from timne to timie and varied between sixty ...

Complete Congenital Heart Block in a Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus Associated with Pulmonary Involvement without Pacemaker Implantation: A Case Report

Background: Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon disease. Congenital complete heart block (CCHB) usually happens in neonates with maternal systemic lupus erythematosus. The most prevalent presentation of CCHBis bradycardiathatcanbediagnosed through an electrocardiogram. Case report: Here in, we present the case of a full-term male neonate with gestational age of 37 weeks and birth weigh...