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1: Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Sep-Oct;24(5):495-7.Click here to read Links

The clinical course of acquired complete heart block in children with acute myocarditis.

Batra AS, Epstein D, Silka MJ.

Division of Cardiology, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

A case of biopsy-proven myocarditis in a 7-year-old complicated by advanced atrioventricular (AV) block prompted a review of the medical literature to determine the prognosis for recovery of AV conduction or need for pacemaker implantation. A total of 40 patients younger than 20 years of age were identified, with return of AV conduction within 7 days in 27 patients (67%), permanent pacing in 11 patients (28%) with persistent AV block, and death in 2 patients (5%).

PMID: 14627323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]