Abstract

VELASQUEZ FRANCO, Carlos Jaime et al. Acute heart failure associated with congenital complete atrioventricular block due to neonatal lupus: case serie report. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2010, vol.17, n.3, pp.178-181. ISSN 0121-8123.

Neonatal lupus (NL) defines a set of clinical syndromes characterized by maternal autoantibodies against the RNA protein complex (Ro/SSA or La/SSB) that cross the placenta and potentially lead to fetal tissue damage. Little is known about other cardiac manifestations of NL different from congenital heart block (CHB), as heart failure (HF). Four cases of LN with BCC and acute HF at the first three days of life on average were reported. No complications or deaths were reported at 4,9 months of follow-up. All infants had anti-Ro high titles at the time of diagnosis.

Keywords : lupus erythematosus; systemic; heart failure; infant; newborn.

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