title: Fetal tachydysrhythmia associated with nonimmune hydrops.
abstract: A case of fetal tachydysrhythmia with intermittent episodes of bradycardia associated with severe nonimmune hydrops was detected at 36 weeks of pregnancy. Paroxysms of supraventricular tachycardia were documented postnatally. Induction of labor and postnatal administration of digoxin showed to be a rational therapeutic approach in this case. In spite of some unfavorable clinical predictors the treatment resulted in a benign course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ahel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banac
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rozmanić
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Petrović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015148:Cardiotocography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal