AUTHOR=Han Caixia , Jia Zongyang , Zhao Guangcai , Chen Wenhui , Hu Yue , Liu Haiying TITLE=Case Report: Kearns Sayre Syndrome Complicated With Postpartum Cardiac Failure JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.906112 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2022.906112 ISSN=2296-858X 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.