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Case Reports
. 2021 Jul 22;7(10):679-682.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2021.07.002. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Recurrence of complete heart block in pregnancy

Daniel Young  1 , Naga Sai Shravan Turaga  1 , F N U Amisha  1 , Kevin Hayes  2 , Hakan Paydak  1 , Subodh R Devabhaktuni  1
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Recurrence of complete heart block in pregnancy

Daniel Young et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Complete heart block; Pacemaker; Pregnancy; Recurrent complete heart block; Transient complete heart block.

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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram on admission demonstrating complete heart block (arrows indicate P waves; arrow heads indicate QRS complex).
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Figure 2
Stress electrocardiogram during the admission in her second pregnancy demonstrating irregular R-R intervals suggestive of intermittently conducting beats through the atrioventricular node (arrows indicate P waves; arrow heads indicate QRS complex).
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Figure 3
Electrocardiogram obtained postpartum demonstrating sinus rhythm replacing the previous complete heart block (arrows indicate P waves; arrow heads indicate QRS complex).
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