Fetus with heart failure due to congenital atrioventricular block treated by maternally administered ritodrine

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-88

  Matsubara, Shigeki ^a   Morimatsu, Yukako ^a   Shiraishi, Hirohiko ^a   Kuwata, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohkuchi, Akihide ^a   Izumi, Akio ^a   Takeda, Satoru ^b   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complete atrioventricular block; Heart failure; Ritodrine; Ventricular rate

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; RITODRINE;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RITODRINE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 44449097205     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0516-0     Document Type: Article

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