Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block: Demographics, Mortality, Morbidity and Recurrence Rates Obtained From a National Neonatal Lupus Registry
Buyon J, Hiebert R, Copel J, Craft J, Friedman D, Katholi M, Lee L, Provost T, Reichlin M, Rider L, Rupel A, Saleeb S, Weston W, Skovron M. Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block: Demographics, Mortality, Morbidity and Recurrence Rates Obtained From a National Neonatal Lupus Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 1658-1666. PMID: 9626848, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00161-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutoimmune DiseasesEthnicityFemaleGestational AgeHeart BlockHumansInfant, NewbornLupus Erythematosus, CutaneousMaleMorbidityRecurrenceRegistriesSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesConceptsCongenital heart blockNeonatal lupus syndromeSSA/RoWeeks of gestationRecurrence rateLa antibodiesSubsequent pregnancySSA/Ro-SSB/La antibodiesAutoantibody-associated congenital heart blockDevelopment of CHBAnti-SSB/La antibodiesAnti-SSA/RoIsolated congenital heart blockClose echocardiographic monitoringLate second trimesterDays of lifeSSB/LaSufficient medical recordsMajor structural abnormalitiesMaternal autoantibodiesLupus syndromeNeonatal lupusEchocardiographic monitoringLupus RegistryHeart block