Incessant atrial tachycardia accelerated by pregnancy.
A 24 year old patient presented with incessant atrial tachycardia during the course of a twin pregnancy. Medical treatment slowed the ventricular response without restoring sinus rhythm. During labour the tachycardia spontaneously reverted to sinus rhythm. Subsequently the same arrhythmia was documented with a slower ventricular response than during pregnancy.
Doig
J C
JC
Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
McComb
J M
JM
Reid
D S
DS
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000502:physiology*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014427:Twins