Are some cases of sudden intrauterine unexplained death due to the long QT syndrome? [1]

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1097-1098

  Beinder, Ernst ^a   Buheitel, Gernot ^b   Hofbeck, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0347089082     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.702     Document Type: Letter

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