Young Woman With Congenital Complete Heart Block - Pacemaker Implantation Before Pregnancy - Whose Decision And When?

In the past years we faced higher rates of cardiovascular complications in pregnant women due to increasing age of first pregnancy. Additionally, an increasing number of patients with congenital heart disease reached childbearing age and during pregnancy their cardiac condition must be monitored closely. The aim of our study is to analyze the outcome of pregnancies in women with congenital complete atrioventricular (AV) block, a heart condition which is responsible for life threatening arrhythmias even in normal hemodynamic condition.