Prenatal diagnosis of a long QT syndrome by fetal magnetocardiography in an unshielded bedside environment

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 704-708

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^b   Loeff, Markus ^c   Bondarenko, Nikolai ^d   Schleussner, Ekkehard ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal arrhythmia; Fetal magnetocardiogram; Fetal magnetocardiography; Long QT syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; OSCILLATION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAGNETICS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 23844470183     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1205     Document Type: Article

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