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Less is known about this atrioventricular valve rupture due to valvulitis as a consequence of maternal autoantibodies. We have described a case of cardiac neonatal lupus with an antenatally detected CHB patient who developed mitral and tricuspid valve chordal rupture at 45 days of age. We compared the cardiac histopathology and the fetal cardiac echocardiographic findings of this case with another fetus that was aborted after being antenatally diagnosed with CHB but without valvar rupture. A narrative analysis after a systematic review of the literature regarding atrioventricular valve apparatus rupture due to autoimmune etiology along with maternal characteristics, presentation, treatment, and outcome have been discussed in this article. Objectives: To describe published data on atrioventricular valve rupture in neonatal lupus, including clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, management, and outcomes. Methods: We conducted a PRISMA-compliant descriptive systematic examination of case reports that included accounts of lupus during pregnancy or in the newborn period that resulted in an atrioventricular valve rupture. We gathered information on the patient\u2019s demographics, the details of the valve rupture and other comorbidities, the maternal therapy, the clinical course, and the results. We also used a standardized method to evaluate the cases\u2019 quality. A total of 12 cases were investigated, with 11 cases drawn from 10 case reports or case series and 1 from our own experience. Results: Tricuspid valve rupture (50%) is more common than mitral valve rupture (17%). Unlike mitral valve rupture, which occurs postnatally, the timing of tricuspid valve rupture is perinatal. A total of 33% of the patients had concomitant complete heart block, while 75% of the patients had endocardial fibroelastosis on an antenatal ultrasound. Antenatal changes pertaining to endocardial fibroelastosis can be seen as early as 19 weeks of gestation. Patients with both valve ruptures generally have a poor prognosis, especially if they occur at close intervals. Conclusion: Atrioventricular valve rupture in neonatal lupus is rare. A majority of patients with valve rupture had antenatally detected endocardial fibroelastosis in the valvar apparatus. Appropriate and expedited surgical repair of ruptured atrioventricular valves is feasible and has a low mortality risk. Rupture of both atrioventricular valves occurring at close intervals carries a high mortality risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics13081481","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,20]],"date-time":"2023-04-20T01:42:39Z","timestamp":1681954959000},"page":"1481","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Endocardial Fibroelastosis as an Independent Predictor of Atrioventricular Valve Rupture in Maternal Autoimmune Antibody Exposed Fetus: A Systematic Review with Clinicopathologic Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0477-9931","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monika Kantilal","family":"Kotecha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khurshid","family":"Merchant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charmaine Jiahui","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan Tze Liang","family":"Choo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Krishna Revanna","family":"Gopagondanahalli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neonatology, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dyan Zhewei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Teng Hong","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sreekanthan","family":"Sundararaghavan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatric Subspecialties, Cardiology Service, KK Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"301","DOI":"10.1038\/nrrheum.2015.29","article-title":"The clinical spectrum of autoimmune congenital heart block","volume":"11","author":"Izmirly","year":"2015","journal-title":"Nat. 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