Early prenatal management of a fetal ventricular tachycardia treated in utero by amiodarone with long term follow-up

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 449-452

  Schleich, Jean M ^a   Du Haut Cilly, François Bernard ^a   Laurent, Marie C ^b   Almange, Claude ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Fetal arrhythmia; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; DIGOXIN; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

HYDROPS;

EID: 0034041080     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0223(200006)20:6<449::AID-PD852>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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