Why the study?
Does maternal administration of fluorinated steroids improve fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by congenital heart block?
Population
72 pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart block (CHB)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May support fluorinated steroid use for fetal heart block resolution; leaves open efficacy without randomized confirmation.
Does maternal administration of fluorinated steroids improve fetal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by congenital heart block?
Maternal administration of fluorinated steroids may be efficacious in improving the degree of fetal heart block and resolving associated effusions in congenital heart block.
Buyon et al. (1995) studied this question.
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