First-Degree Fetal Heart Block May be Reversible.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2007-YALE UNIVERSITY: First-Degree Fetal Heart Block May be Reversible(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022007 New Haven, Conn. - There is an increased risk of fetal heart problems when mothers carry particular antibodies associated with rheumatic diseases, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 9 in San Francisco.

Congenital heart block (CHB) is present at or before birth and impairs the heart's electrical signaling from the upper to the lower chambers. CHB carries a 20 percent death rate and nearly all survivors require pacemakers. Joshua Copel, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive...