title: Late recurrence of infra-Hisian complete atrioventricular block.
abstract: Acquired complete atrioventricular block that is caused by infectious myocarditis is usually transient and has a favourable outcome. We report the case of a 15-year-old girl who had complete infra-Hisian atrioventricular block due to adeno viral myocarditis and received a permanent pacemaker at the age of 10 months. The pacemaker lost its function at the age of 7 years. However, she experienced a late recurrence of complete atrioventricular block 10 years later. Complete atrioventricular block is rarely recovered if it persisted for 2 weeks. Even in the patients with late recovery, long-term follow-up and pacemaker therapy are still needed.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Madou Sin Lau Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors: Hok-Keong
authors: HK
authors: Chang
authors: Jieh-Neng
authors: JN
authors: Wang
authors: Jing-Ming
authors: JM
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae; D000293:Adolescent; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000821:virology*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012008:Recurrence