Abstract

Complete heart block at the time of pregnancy has been rarely observed and previously attributed to autoimmune disorders, metabolic derangements, prior structural heart disease (congenital, valvular, and surgical), or inflammation. Less is known about patients in whom complete heart block is felt to be idiopathic. Young et al (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.07.002) shared a case of a 37-year-old woman at 30 weeks of gestation who presented with 1 week of dyspnea, fatigue, and palpitations and was diagnosed with complete heart block (heart rate in the 40s).

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