Population
6 children aged 1 to 11 years with Stokes-Adams attacks and complete heart block due to acute nonspecific…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
convalescent period
Authors
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May support temporary pacing in pediatric myocarditis with AV block; leaves open predictors of mortality or persistent conduction defects.
Acute nonspecific myocarditis in childhood can present with Stokes-Adams attacks and complete heart block, which often resolves rapidly with pacing or isoproterenol but carries a risk of mortality or persistent conduction abnormalities.
Onouchi et al. (1980) studied this question.
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