Amiodarone in treatment of fetal supraventricular tachycardia: A case report and review of literature

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-76

  Pradhan, Mandakini ^a   Manisha, ^a   Singh, Renu ^a   Kapoor, Aditya ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Fetal supraventricular tachycardia; Hydrops fetalis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DIGOXIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29144487811     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089052     Document Type: Article

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