Supraventricular tachycardia in the fetus: Conservative management in the absence of hemodynamic compromise

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 459-464

  Simpson, Lynn L ^a,b   Marx, Gerald R ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia, fetal; Echocardiography, fetal; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARRHYTHMIA; FETUS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031193756     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.7.459     Document Type: Article

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