Prophylactic pacemaker placement at first signs of conduction disease in Kearns-Sayre syndrome

Cardiac conduction disease affects patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome. We report a young asymptomatic patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome with abnormal conduction on electrocardiogram and Holter monitor, although not advanced atrioventricular block. She underwent prophylactic pacemaker placement, and rapidly developed complete atrioventricular block, which resulted in 100% ventricular pacing. It may be reasonable to consider prophylactic pacemaker implantation in patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome with evidence of cardiac conduction disease even without overt atrioventricular block given its unpredictable progression to complete atrioventricular block.