Successful outcome in a fetus with an extremely low heart rate due to isolated complete congenital heart block

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Vesel, S ^a   Zavrsnik T ^a   Podnar, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Complete congenital heart block; Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART DILATATION; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345701433     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.22     Document Type: Article

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