Key result
Antenatal treatment of fetal tachycardia with digoxin or other antiarrhythmics yielded an obvious therapeutic effect in 10 of 15 treated cases, with 0 intrauterine deaths and 1 postnatal death.
Why the study?
What is the intrauterine and postnatal course of fetal tachycardia, and what are the outcomes of antenatal antiarrhythmic treatment?
Population
18 consecutive cases of fetal tachycardia without structural heart disease, detected at routine antenatal…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support antenatal antiarrhythmics in fetal tachycardia; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Observational (n=18)
No
What is the intrauterine and postnatal course of fetal tachycardia, and what are the outcomes of antenatal antiarrhythmic treatment?
Antenatal treatment of fetal tachycardia with digoxin and other antiarrhythmics is generally effective and prevents intrauterine death, though late postnatal recurrences can occur.
Naumburg et al. (2009) conducted an observational in Fetal tachycardia (n=18). Antenatal antiarrhythmic treatment (digoxin) was evaluated on Intrauterine and postnatal mortality and treatment response. Antenatal treatment of fetal tachycardia with digoxin or other antiarrhythmics yielded an obvious therapeutic effect in 10 of 15 treated cases, with 0 intrauterine deaths and 1 postnatal death.
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