Maternal and Fetal Factors Associated With Mortality and Morbidity in a Multi–Racial/Ethnic Registry of Anti-SSA/Ro–Associated Cardiac Neonatal Lupus

Nearly one fifth of fetuses who develop cardiac neonatal lupus die of complications predicted by echocardiographic abnormalities consistent with antibody-associated disease beyond the atrioventricular node. The disparity in outcomes observed between minorities and whites warrants further investigation.