Isolated atrioventricular block of unknown origin in the adult and autoimmunity: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations exemplified by 3 anti-Ro/SSA-associated cases

Pietro Enea Lazzerini; Antonio Brucato; Pier Leopoldo Capecchi; Lucia Baldi; Maria Romana Bacarelli; Claudia Nucci; Valentina Moscadelli; Gabriella Morozzi; Mohamed Boutjdir; Franco Laghi-Pasini

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.03.019

Isolated atrioventricular block of unknown origin in the adult and autoimmunity: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations exemplified by 3 anti-Ro/SSA-associated cases

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2015 Jun 16;1(5):293-299. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.03.019. eCollection 2015 Sep.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
² Department of Internal Medicine, "Papa Giovanni XXIII" Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Department of Heart, Thorax and Vessels, University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁴ Research Department, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York.
⁵ Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology and Pharmacology, State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, New York, New York.
⁶ Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.

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Keywords: ANA, Antinuclear antibodies; AV, Atrioventricular; AVB, Atrioventricular block; Anti-Ro/SSA antibodies; Autoimmunity; CTD, Connective tissue disease; Calcium channels; ECG, Electrocardiogram; ELISA, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; FEIA, Fluoroenzyme immunoassay; III°AVB, Third-degree atrioventricular block; II°AVB, Second-degree atrioventricular block; Immunosuppressive therapy; Isolated heart block in adults; I°AVB, First-degree atrioventricular block; anti-Ro/SSA, Anti-Ro/SSA antibody.

Publication types

Case Reports