Drug management of fetal tachyarrhythmias: Are we ready for a systematic and evidence-based approach?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Van Den Heuvel, Freek ^a,b   Bink Boelkens, Margreet Th E ^a   Sarvaas, Gideon J Du Marchie ^a   Berger, Rolf M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug management; Fetal cardiology; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 38449120114     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.00958.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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