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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jul 13;74(10):1631–1639. doi: 10.1002/acr.24644

Table 5.

Outcomes of patients who were prescribed dexamethasone for early fetal cardiac changes.

Patient number	Maternal Diagnosis	Taking HCQ?	Abnormal cardiac finding(s)	Gestational weeks at abnormal finding	Outcome

1	UCTD	No	Borderline 1^st degree heart block	23	PR interval normalized
2	SLE	Started at 16 WGA	Borderline 1^st degree heart block	27	PR interval normalized
3	SLE	Yes	Mild MR, Trivial TR	19	MR and TR resolved
4	SLE	Yes	MR, TR Ectopy	25	MR and TR improved to “mild”
5	SLE	Started at first consult (19 WGA)	Ectopy	19	Ectopy resolved (patient also stopped caffeine)
6	SLE	No	Complete heart block	19	Complete heart block