LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF PATIENTS WITH PACE MAKERS FOR CONGENITAL COMPLETE HEART-BLOCK

The congenital complete heart block (CCHB) is a rare affection. In our two centers, in a period of 10 years, 1405 pacemakers were placed and only 10 (0,71%) for CCHB. We review the clinical history, the EKG's, echocardiography and Holter monitoring of these 10 patients. All of th em were symptomatic. After pacemaker implantation, symptoms were impro ved in 90%. No death or other morbidity were observed during the long- term follow-up. So, the clinical outcome of patients with CCHB who und erwent prophylactic pacemaker implantation seems to be associated with an excellent prognosis.