Progressive familial heart block (type I) : a follow-up study after 10 years
Date
1988
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Publisher
Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
A follow-up study was done on 55 patients, all members of families with type I progressive familial heart block (PFHB) examined during 1977. Of the 55 patients 5 had died, 17 had normal ECGs while 7 with previously abnormal ECGs remained unchanged. All the others had progressed to a more severe form of heart block and 8 of them had received permanent pacemakers. These findings again emphasise the importance of regular ECG follow-up examinations of members of PFHB families.
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CITATION: Van der Merwe, P.-L. et al. 1988. Progressive familial heart block (type I) : a follow-up study after 10 years. South African Medical Journal, 73:275-276.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
Heart -- Abnormalities