Cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 457-471

  Burkart, Thomas Adam ^a   Conti, Jamie Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; AZIMILIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; ENOXAPARIN; ESMOLOL; FLECAINIDE; HEPARIN; IBUTILIDE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NADOLOL; PINDOLOL; PROCAINAMIDE; PROPAFENONE; PROPRANOLOL; QUINIDINE; SOTALOL; TIMOLOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOVERSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TRANSPORT; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABOR; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 77956262892     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-010-0084-7     Document Type: Review

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