title: Direct current cardioversion during pregnancy should be performed with facilities available for fetal monitoring and emergency caesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Eleanor J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Friedericka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eben
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery