Natural History and Current Therapy for Complete Heart Block in Children and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Authors: Fischbach, Peter S.; Frias, Patricio A.; Strieper, Margaret J.; Campbell, Robert M.

Source: Congenital Heart Disease, Volume 2, Number 4, July/August 2007 , pp. 224-234(11)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Complete heart block, either congenital or acquired, in children and patients with congenital heart disease is a relatively frequent occurrence requiring therapy. The natural history of this condition has been distorted by the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. The therapy of complete heart block is evolving with new data suggesting that traditional treatment strategies utilizing right ventricular apical pacing may have inadvertent deleterious effects on cardiac function. In the following manuscript, the natural history of complete heart block is reviewed and the current therapy examined.

Keywords: Congenital Heart Block; Surgical Heart Block; Pacemaker; Bi-ventricular Pacemaker

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00106.x

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