Prolongation of the atrioventricular conduction in fetuses exposed to maternal Anti-Ro/SSA and Anti-La/SSB antibodies did not predict progressive heart block: A prospective observational study on the effects of maternal antibodies on 165 fetuses

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1487-1492

  Jaeggi, Edgar T ^a,b   Silverman, Earl D ^a,b   Laskin, Carl ^c   Kingdom, John ^c   Golding, Fraser ^a   Weber, Roland ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fetus; heart block; lupus erythematosus; treatment

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 79952920473     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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