Remission of congenital complete heart block without anti-Ro/La antibodies: A case report
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Souvik Mitra; Anindya Kumar Saha; Syamal Kumar Sardar; Arun Kumarendu Singh
- Source
- Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 182-184 (2013)
- Subject
- Anti Ro/La antibody
congenital heart block
neonatal bradycardia
Medicine
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0974-2069
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.