title: Fetal idiopathic ventricular tachycardia with nonimmune hydrops: benign course.
abstract: A case of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia of left ventricular origin in a hydropic fetus is presented. The accuracy of fetal echocardiography for diagnosing this type of arrhythmia is emphasized, as is its importance in determining appropriate postnatal treatment which in this case resulted in an unusually benign course.
authors.affiliation: Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, São Paulo University School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Scanavacca
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Tuma-Calil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone