Can premature birth be the reason for my heart block?

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There are many causes for heart block such as heart attack, degenerative disease of heart, old age, infection of heart, and certain medicines and congenital heart block. Premature birth is not the cause of heart block. Certain diseases in mothers during pregnancy can cause heart block in the fetus. 2 to 4% percent of babies born to women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or Sjogren's syndrome have heart block. In these diseases, some antibodies in the mother cross the placenta and affect the fetus's conduction system of the heart. All complete heart block need a pacemaker if it is not reversible. One exception is congenital complete heart block, and they remain asymptomatic for the rest of the years before they develop symptoms on exertion or if heart rate slows further. If the heart rate is very slow, the pacemaker is implanted in the early years of life. Heart block does not cause heart attack, but it can cause cardiac arrest. It can cause heart failure not by itself but when there is a heart attack from any cause. I hope I have clarified. If still, you have questions, I will be happy to address them. Regards.