Natural history of hydrops resolution in fetuses with tachyarrhythmias diagnosed and treated in utero

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Petrikovsky, Boris ^a   Schneider, Elizabeth ^a   Ovadia, Mark ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Hydrops; In utero therapy; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FLUID RETENTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; TACHYCARDIA; TIME;

EID: 0029891438     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264317     Document Type: Article

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