Supraventricular tachycardia in fetus: How can we treat?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 736-742

  Mongiovi, Maurizio ^a,b   Pipitone, Salvatore ^a  

^a AUSL 6   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Feta Arrhythmias; Management; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; VERAPAMIL;

COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MORTALITY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYDROPS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL THERAPIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 44349168260     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208784007725     Document Type: Review

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