Frontiers in Medicine (Jun 2022)

Case Report: Kearns Sayre Syndrome Complicated With Postpartum Cardiac Failure

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.906112
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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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.

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