Abstract
1/2021
Case report
Fetal autoimmune myocarditis and complete heart block – a case report
- Department of Prenatal Cardiology, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
- Students’ Prenatal Cardiology Team, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
- Department for Fetal Malformation Diagnoses and Prevention, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Prenat Cardio 2021; 11(1): 70–73
Online publish date: 2021/08/17
The patient was referred for fetal echocardiographic examination at 25.3 weeks of pregnancy due to bradycardia. Third-degree atrioventricular block was diagnosed, and hydroxychloroquine, steroid, and antibiotic therapy, as well as plasmapheresis, were started due to confirmation of the presence of antinuclear Ro-52 and Ro-60 maternal antibodies. The occurrence of disseminated focal areas of myocarditis was confirmed.
Keywords
fetal fibroelastosis, fetal heart block, fetal myocarditis, prenatal therapy
Integrated with
