%0 Case Reports
%T Subclinical maternal autoimmune disease leading to congenital high degree atrioventricular block: Case report and review of the literature.
%A Walcott SE
%A Tan CH
%A Wicker J
%A Litovsky S
%J Cardiovasc Pathol
%V 72
%N 0
%D 2024 Sep-Oct 18
%M 38508435
%F 3.975
%R 10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107634
%X Maternal autoimmune disease is the most common cause of congenital heart block (CHB), a rare illness characterized by fibrosis and calcification of the fetal atrioventricular (AV) node due to maternal autoantibodies anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La. We report the full autopsy and clinical information on a female neonate with high degree AV block and calcification in the AV node, atrial approaches to the AV node, and both right and left bundle branches, born to a 27-year-old female with subclinical autoimmune disease.