Authors
Alban-Elouen Baruteau, Swanny Fouchard, Albin Behaghel, Philippe Mabo, Elisabeth Villain, Jean-Benoit Thambo, François Marçon, Véronique Gournay, Francis Rouault, Alain Chantepie, Sophie Guillaumont, François Godart, Caroline Bonnet, Alain Fraisse, Jean-Marc Schleich, Jean-René Lusson, Yves Dulac, Christophe Leclercq, Jean-Claude Daubert, Jean-Jacques Schott, Hervé Le Marec, Vincent Probst
Publication date
2012/3/1
Journal
European heart journal
Volume
33
Issue
5
Pages
622-629
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Aims
The natural history of congenital or childhood non-immune, isolated atrioventricular (AV) block is poorly defined.
Methods and results
We retrospectively studied 141 children with isolated, non-immune AV block diagnosed in utero, or up to 15 years of age, at 13 French medical centres, between 1980 and 2009. Patients with structural heart disease or maternal antibodies were excluded. Atrioventricular block was asymptomatic in 119 (84.4%) and complete in 100 (70.9%) patients. There was progression to complete AV block in 29/41 (70.7%) patients with incomplete AV block over 2.8 ± 3.4 years (1–155 months), but all patients with incomplete AV block may not have been included in the study. Narrow QRS complex was present in 18 of 26 patients (69.2%) with congenital, and 106 of 115 (92.2%) with childhood AV block. Pacemakers were implanted in 112 children (79.4 …
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