Key result
Administration of propranolol effectively controlled fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia following cesarean section after failed transplacental therapy.
Case Report (n=1)
Postnatal propranolol administration following cesarean section was effective for controlling fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia that was unresponsive to transplacental therapy.
Propranolol may control fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia post-cesarean after failed transplacental therapy; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective confirmation.
: The prevalence of fetal arrhythmia is about 1% to 3% of all pregnancies and they are mostly benign. This report describes fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia (EAT) diagnosed in 31 weeks of gestation. The arrhythmia did not respond to transplacental therapy; therefore, cesarean section was done and arrhythmia was controlled by propranolol. This case showed effectiveness of rate control strategy by administration of propranolol.
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Moghadam et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia (n=1). Propranolol was evaluated on Arrhythmia control. Administration of propranolol effectively controlled fetal ectopic atrial tachycardia following cesarean section after failed transplacental therapy.
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