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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

Volume  5, Issue 2, Apr-June 2019, Pages 96-99
 

Case Report

Cardiac Syncope in a 3 Year Old: A Rare Entity

Khalif Mohammed, Shrikant Panchal, Anthony Gikonyo, Daniel Nduiga, Dan Gikonyo, Premanand Ponoth,

1 Medical Officer, 2 Cardiac Anaesthetist, 3-5 Cardiologist, 6Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Karen Hospital, PO Box 74240-00200 Nairobi, Kenya.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jcms.2454.7123.5219.9

Abstract

Complete heart block in children is a rare entity. A study published in 1998 calculated the mean incidence of isolated Complete Heart Block during 1970–1994 to be 1:17,000. This is a case report of a 3-year-old who presented with syncope, diagnosed with complete heart block and managed with a permanent pacemaker implantation.

 


Keywords : Congenital Heart Block; Syncope; Dual Chamber Pacemaker.
Corresponding Author : Anthony Gikonyo