Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective study in a mother-child tertiary university centre. PATIENTS: During a consecutive 36 month period, 18 fetuses with sustained SVT underwent a superior vena cava/ascending aorta (SVC/AA) Doppler investigation in an attempt to determine the atrioventricular (AV) relation and to treat the arrhythmia according to a pre-established management protocol. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Rate of conversion to sinus rhythm. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: The electrophysiological mechanisms of fetal SVT can be clarified with SVC/AA Doppler. The proposed management protocol has so far yielded a good rate of conversion to sinus rhythm.
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Authors | J-C Fouron, A Fournier, F Proulx, J Lamarche, J L Bigras, C Boutin, M Brassard, S Gamache |
Journal | Heart (British Cardiac Society)
(Heart)
Vol. 89
Issue 10
Pg. 1211-6
(Oct 2003)
ISSN: 1468-201X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 12975422
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Blood Flow Velocity
- Echocardiography, Doppler
(methods)
- Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
(methods)
- Female
- Fetal Diseases
(diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Postnatal Care
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Care
(methods)
- Prospective Studies
- Tachycardia, Supraventricular
(diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Treatment Outcome
- Ultrasonography, Prenatal
(methods)
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