Why the study?
Does maternal administration of IVIG prevent the progression of congenital heart block in a fetus?
Population
Fetus at 31 weeks of gestation with 2:1 congenital heart block and intermittent complete heart block
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
until postnatal life
Authors
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Maternal IVIG was associated with fetal heart block reversal in this case; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does maternal administration of IVIG prevent the progression of congenital heart block in a fetus?
Maternal administration of IVIG may be a viable strategy to prevent the progression of or reverse congenital heart block in fetuses.
David et al. (2010) studied this question.
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