Unusual electrocardiogram findings in a preterm infant after fetal tachycardia with hydrops fetalis treated with flecainide

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-262

  Trotter, A ^a   Kaestner, M ^a   Pohlandt, F ^b   Lang, D ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Fetal; Flecainide; Newborn; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034086388     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010053     Document Type: Article

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