Open AccessRemission of congenital complete heart block without anti-Ro/La antibodies: A case report
Author(s) -
Souvik Mitra,
Saha Ak,
Syamal Sardar,
A. Patel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.115278
Subject(s) - medicine , heart block , sinus rhythm , autoantibody , heart disease , heart rhythm , antibody , cardiology , surgery , pediatrics , electrocardiography , immunology , atrial fibrillation
Anti-Ro/La negative congenital heart block (CHB) is uncommon. We report one such case of CHB, with no associated structural heart disease or maternal autoantibodies. The heart block reverted to sinus rhythm spontaneously at two weeks of age, and the patient remains in sinus rhythm at a one year followup. Whether patients with antibody negative complete heart block have a different clinical course is conjectural.