title: Prenatal diagnosis of congenital complete heart block.
abstract: Congenital complete heart block (CHB) is a conduction defect with an incidence in the general population of 1/15,000 to 1/22,000 live births. It is frequently associated with structural heart defects or maternal autoimmune disease. We describe a case of CHB associated with maternal systemic lupus erythematosus and review our previous cases and experience of CHB.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Centro de Diagnóstico Pré-natal, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal. patriciacmc@zmail.pt
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carriço
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matias
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monterroso
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Areias
mesh_terms: D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal