a 29-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to exacerbation in dyspnea on exertion and easy fatigability. a known case of congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels and congenital complete heart block, she had already received a permanent single-chamber pacemaker. decision was made to implant a biventricular pacemaker for the treatment of the failing heart. excellent cor...

conclusions mothers with sle should be screened and closely followed up during pregnancy for the development of fetal atrioventricular (av) block. case presentation a term infant with fetal bradycardia, detected at the 23rd gestational age, was diagnosed with chb due to nls and was successfully treated with a permanent epicardial pacemaker. the patient was reported here due to rarity of the pro...

BACKGROUND Congenital complete heart block is a life-threatening condition which is highly associated with autoimmune and connective tissue disorders. Presence of maternal autoantibodies for associated conditions increases the risk of delivering a child with congenital complete heart block, however, less than a half of all women with such antibodies are symptomatic even after delivery. Mortalit...

Familial occurrence of arrhythmias has been described only rarely in the past. Bacos, Eagan, and Orgain (1960) reported a family group, including three generations, with nodal bradycardia; and Wallgren and Agorio (1960) described congenital complete A-V block in three sibs, two of whom died in the neonatal period. Another group also including three generations, some members of which had congeni...

In congenital cardiac surgery, intracardiac repair procedures like ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrioventricular and tetralogy of fallot (TOF) are associated with conduction system injury. Fewer cases reported describing life threatening complication late post-operative complete heart block. We reporting 2 patients who presented block after managed by permanent pacemaker placement in AFIC C...