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Continuous ECG monitoring detected sudden onset of ventricular tachycardia and complete heart-block during labor and delivery in two asymptomatic women with rheumatic heart disease.
Case Report (n=2)
Continuous ECG monitoring is recommended during childbirth for patients with heart disease to detect potentially life-threatening arrhythmias.
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Alerts clinicians to silent arrhythmias in rheumatic heart disease deliveries; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The sudden onset of ventricular tachycardia and complete heart-block was documented via a continuous electromagnetic tape recording of the electrocardiogram during labor, delivery, and in the immediate postpartum period in two asymptomatic women with rheumatic heart disease. Monitoring of the ECG by an oscilloscope is recommended for the detection of unexpected and potentially life-threatening arrhythmias during childbirth in patients with heart disease.
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R. C. Spritzer (1970) conducted a case report in Rheumatic heart disease (n=2). Continuous electromagnetic tape recording of the electrocardiogram was evaluated on Sudden onset of ventricular tachycardia and complete heart-block. Continuous ECG monitoring detected sudden onset of ventricular tachycardia and complete heart-block during labor and delivery in two asymptomatic women with rheumatic heart disease.
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