The challenge of fetal dysrhythmias: Echocardiographic diagnosis and clinical management

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  D'Alto, Michele ^a,c   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Paladini, Dario ^b   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Romeo, Emanuele ^a   Ricci, Concetta ^a   Felicetti, Maria ^a   Tartaglione, Antonio ^a   Cardaropoli, Dominga ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Sarubbi, Berardo ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Second University of Naples ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dysrhythmias; Fetal echocardiography; Therapy

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROPS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MONOTHERAPY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DIGOXIN; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38149042771     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3281053bf1     Document Type: Article

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