Flecainide against fetal supraventricular tachycardia complicated by hydrops fetalis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-354

  Barjot, Philippe ^a   Hamel, Philippe ^a   Calmelet, Pascal ^a   Maragnes, Pascale ^a   Herlicoviez, Michel ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal hydrops; Fetal supraventricular tachycardia; Flecainide

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE; FLECAINIDE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FLECAINIDE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031888816     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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