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congenital heart block
Etiology:
- neonatal lupus
- structural heart disease
Epidemiology:
- rare
- 1 in 22,000 live births
Radiology:
- echocardiogram
Complications:
- high mortality
Management:
- surgical correction of structural heart defect
- cardiac pacemaker as indicated
General
heart block
congenital heart disease; congenital cyanotic heart disease
References
- Friedman D1, Duncanson Lj, Glickstein J, Buyon J.
A review of congenital heart block.
Images Paediatr Cardiol. 2003 Jul;5(3):36-48.
PMID: 22368629