TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4191
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4191/
A1  - Oudijk, Martijn A
A1  - Visser, Gerard HA
A1  - Meijboom, Erik J
Y1  - 2004/07//
N2  - Fetal tachycardia, first recognized in 1930 by Hyman et al1, is a condition occurring in approximately 0.4-0.6% of all pregnancies2. A subset of these cases with more sustained periods of tachycardia is clinically relevant. The necessity of therapeutic intervention in this condition is still a matter of discussion focused on the natural history of the disease. The spectrum of opinions varies from non-intervention3,4,5 based on a number of cases in which the tachycardia subsided spontaneously6, to aggressive pharmacotherapeutic intervention7,8 based on reports of deterioration of the fetal condition ultimately ending in significant neurological morbidity9,10,11, or fetal demise12,13,14. Prenatal treatment through indirect, maternally administered drug therapy seems to be the preference of most centers15,16,17,18,19,20,21. This matter will be discussed further in Fetal Tachyarrhythmia, Part II, Treatment. 
PB  - Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
KW  - Fetal tachyarhythmia; fetal echocardiography; fetal magnetocardiography
TI  - Fetal Tachyarrhythmia - Part I: Diagnosis 
SP  - 104
AV  - public
EP  - 113
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