The long-term outcome of children with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block. 2005

Ken-Pen Weng, and Chuen-Wang Chiou, and Shi-Huei Huang, and Chu-Chuan Lin, and Kai-Sheng Hsieh
Department of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces Hospital, Taiwan.

Patients with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block (CCAVB) may revert to a lower degree of atrioventricular block and do not require pacemaker treatment. The change of rhythm is less well studied in pediatric patients. The aim of this study was to report the long-term outcome of pediatric patients with isolated CCAVB at our institution, with emphasis on restoration of sinus rhythm. We reviewed the medical records of 16 consecutive children with isolated CCAVB at our institution. They were divided into a prenatal group (n=9) and a postnatal group (n=7). In the prenatal group, with follow-up of 28 months (median, range 1-154 months), one patient without symptoms had transient restoration of sinus rhythm and did not require pacemaker therapy, five patients required pacemaker therapy and three of them died, and the remaining three patients without symptoms did not require pacemaker therapy. In the postnatal group, with follow-up of 84 months (median, range 14-133 months), one patient without symptoms had restoration of sinus rhythm and did not require pacemaker therapy, three patients required pacemaker therapy and survived, and the remaining three patients without symptoms did not require pacemaker therapy. Compared to the postnatal group, the prenatal group needed earlier pacing and had higher rate of maternal autoantibodies. There were no significant differences in sex, pacemaker implantation rate, dilated cardiomyopathy, and mortality rate between the two groups. Pacemaker implantation is indicated in most patients with isolated CCAVB, but a change to a lower degree of block can occur in some pediatric patients who may not require pacemaker implantation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D010138 Pacemaker, Artificial A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external). Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial,Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker,Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers,Artificial Pacemaker,Artificial Pacemakers,Cardiac Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemaker, Artificial Cardiac,Pacemakers, Artificial,Pacemakers, Artificial Cardiac
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D006327 Heart Block Impaired conduction of cardiac impulse that can occur anywhere along the conduction pathway, such as between the SINOATRIAL NODE and the right atrium (SA block) or between atria and ventricles (AV block). Heart blocks can be classified by the duration, frequency, or completeness of conduction block. Reversibility depends on the degree of structural or functional defects. Auriculo-Ventricular Dissociation,A-V Dissociation,Atrioventricular Dissociation,A V Dissociation,A-V Dissociations,Atrioventricular Dissociations,Auriculo Ventricular Dissociation,Auriculo-Ventricular Dissociations,Block, Heart,Blocks, Heart,Dissociation, A-V,Dissociation, Atrioventricular,Dissociation, Auriculo-Ventricular,Dissociations, A-V,Dissociations, Atrioventricular,Dissociations, Auriculo-Ventricular,Heart Blocks
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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