Fetal arrhythmias

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Strasburger, Janette F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Complete atrioventricular block; Fetal arrhythmia; Fetal tachycardia; Pregnancy; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABOR INDUCTION; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYROID DISEASE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0034193464     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9813(00)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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