Early-Onset Cardiomyopathy After Pacemaker Implanted in a Preterm Infant With Congenital Complete Heart Block and Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies | Zendy

Marium Iqbal | Zendy; Krishna Kishore Umapathi | Zendy; Raymond Morales | Zendy; Lamya Mubayed | Zendy; John Bokowski | Zendy; Osama Eltayeb | Zendy; Hoang C.B. Nguyen | Zendy

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Early-Onset Cardiomyopathy After Pacemaker Implanted in a Preterm Infant With Congenital Complete Heart Block and Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies

Author(s) -

Marium Iqbal,

Krishna Kishore Umapathi,

Raymond Morales,

Lamya Mubayed,

John Bokowski,

Osama Eltayeb,

Hoang C.B. Nguyen

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

texas heart institute journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1526-6702

pISSN - 0730-2347

DOI - 10.14503/thij-19-7201

Subject(s) - medicine , heart block , cardiomyopathy , complication , atrioventricular block , cardiology , permanent pacemaker , heart disease , electrocardiography , surgery , heart failure

Congenital complete heart block is a potentially fatal complication that can occur in neonates whose mothers have autoimmune disorders; it has rarely been reported in the presence of Sjögren syndrome. Pacemaker implantation is recommended to treat rhythm abnormalities in these neonates. We report the case of a late-preterm infant with Sjögren-syndrome-antibody–induced complete heart block who underwent temporary bipolar epicardial pacing as a bridge to permanent pacemaker implantation. Soon after the pacemaker was implanted, takotsubo cardiomyopathy developed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of reversible cardiomyopathy after pacemaker implantation in an infant.

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