Effectiveness of sotalol as first-line therapy for fetal supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1614-1618

  Shah, Amee ^a   Moon Grady, Anita ^a,b   Bhogal, Neil ^a   Collins, Kathryn K ^a   Tacy, Theresa ^a   Brook, Michael ^a   Hornberger, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; SOTALOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FETAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURVIVOR;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; BRADYCARDIA; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGOXIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOTALOL; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 84861182002     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.01.388     Document Type: Article

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