Follow-up of isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block with longitudinal measurements of serum NT-proBNP and cardiothoracic ratio

There are a few children with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block (ICCAVB) who do not require a pacemaker. We report a female infant born at 36 weeks by emergency cesarean section because of fetal heart rate abnormalities who was diagnosed as having ICCAVB. In accordance with the ech...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Toshihiko, Noma, Seiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32074523
http://dx.doi.org/10.5387/fms.2019-20
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Sumario:There are a few children with isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block (ICCAVB) who do not require a pacemaker. We report a female infant born at 36 weeks by emergency cesarean section because of fetal heart rate abnormalities who was diagnosed as having ICCAVB. In accordance with the echocardiographic findings, we simultaneously measured the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) by chest radiography and serum N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP) and have continued to follow her as an outpatient for about 8 years. CTR and NT-proBNP showed strong positive correlation (r=0.894, p<0.05). In such few children with ICCAVB as this patient, CTR measurement during their follow-up would be very useful to easily understand their cardiac load status.

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