Why the study?
Congenital complete atrioventricular block has a high fetal mortality rate, but optimal treatment strategies remain unestablished.
Immediate postnatal epicardial pacing lead implantation is a feasible and life-saving strategy for severe congenital complete atrioventricular block.
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Supports multidisciplinary planning for fetal complete AV block; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Amino et al. (2023) studied this question.
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