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Is monitoring for fetal heart block recommended in pregnant patients with only slightly elevated SSA?

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Rheumatology · University of Chicago

At this time, we don't have a consensus on the titer that causes heart block and how that changes across different labs. Dr. Buyon's group did present this at ACR. So I would recommend HCQ and monitoring for this patient.

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Rheumatology · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

As Dr. @Dr. First Last correctly alludes to, we do not know what to do. Some congenital heart block (CHB) experts say "no." It is time-consuming, expensive, and often causes unjustified anxiety in patients who have very little chance of having a baby with CHB (especially those with low titers).

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