Prenatal diagnosis of long QT syndrome by non-invasive fetal electrocardiography

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-561

  Fujimoto, Yoshinobu ^a   Matsumoto, Tadashi ^b   Honda, Nobuhisa ^a   Tojo, Ryuichiro ^a   Furuya, Masataka ^a   Kasai, Kenji ^a   Saito, Suguru ^a   Mochimaru, Fumio ^a   Ishikawa, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a Hiratsuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Ishikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal arrhythmia; Fetal electrocardiogram; Long QT syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67650469951     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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