Case Report: Kearns Sayre Syndrome Complicated With Postpartum Cardiac Failure

Caixia Han; Zongyang Jia; Guangcai Zhao; Wenhui Chen; Yue Hu; Haiying Liu

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.906112

Case Report: Kearns Sayre Syndrome Complicated With Postpartum Cardiac Failure

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 20:9:906112. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.906112. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Caixia Han¹, Zongyang Jia¹, Guangcai Zhao¹, Wenhui Chen¹, Yue Hu¹, Haiying Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Shandong University, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

Kearns Sayre Syndrome (KSS) is a rare mitochondrial disease characterized by a primary dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Cardiac involvement is a poor prognostic factor of KSS. Pregnancy and delivery in a KSS patient with cardiac involvement is uncommon, and strategies for the supervision and management of this group remain unclear. Herein, we report and discuss pregnancy and delivery complicated with acute cardiopulmonary failure in a woman with KSS.

Keywords: Kearns Sayre Syndrome; cardiac failure; case report; mitochondrial; postpartum; pregnancy.

Publication types

Case Reports