Open AccessSpontaneous Remission of Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block in Anti-Ro/La Antibody-Negative Monozygotic Twins: Case Report
Author(s) -
Taner Kaşar,
Murat Saygı,
İsa Özyılmaz,
Yakup Ergül
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
balkan medical journal/balkan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2146-3131
pISSN - 2146-3123
DOI - 10.4274/balkanmedj.2015.0535
Subject(s) - medicine , atrioventricular block , bradycardia , heart block , monozygotic twin , cardiology , pregnancy , pediatrics , heart disease , heart rate , electrocardiography , blood pressure , genetics , biology
Congenital complete atrioventricular block without any structural heart disease and anti-Ro/La negativity is very rare. Discordant complete atrioventricular block, which is more frequently defined in the literature as an autoimmune mechanism, is much more rare in monozygotic twins.