Perinatal management and long-term cardiac outcome in fetal arrhythmia

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-87

  Hahurij, Nathan D ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a   Lopriore, Enrico ^a   Aziz, Mohammad I ^a   Nagel, Helene T ^b   Rozendaal, Lieke ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank P H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrioventricular block; Fetal arrhythmia; Supraventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIGOXIN; FENOTEROL; FLECAINIDE; RITODRINE; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS MORTALITY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PACEMAKER; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751618776     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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