Successful treatment of supraventricular tachycardia exhibiting hydrops fetalis with flecainide acetate: A case report

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Nakata, Masahiko ^a,b   Anno, Kikue ^b   Matsumori, Lena Tashima ^b   Fujiwara, Motoki ^a   Sumie, Masahiro ^a,b   Sase, Masakatsu ^a,b   Kato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Fetal therapy; Flecainide acetate; Supraventricular tachycardia; Venous Doppler

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DRUG EFFICACY; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLECAINIDE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0037278449     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068066     Document Type: Article

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