Refractory fetal supraventricular tachycardia and obstetric cholestasis

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Shand, Antonia W ^a,b,c   Dickinson, Jan E ^a,b   D'Orsogna, Luigi ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cholestasis; Hydrops; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; FLECAINIDE; SOTALOL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYDROPS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CHOLESTASIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 50549097406     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151676     Document Type: Article

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