Sustained fetal bradycardia with 1:1 atrioventricular conduction and long QT syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 879-881

  Collazos, Juan C ^a,b   Acherman, Ruben J ^a,b   Law, Ian H ^a,d   Wilkes, Paul ^a,c   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,b   Evans, William N ^a,b  

^a Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Desert Perinatal Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal bradycardia; Fetal cardiology; Fetal echocardiography; Long QT syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548748598     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1784     Document Type: Article

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