Fetal tachycardia during pregnancy

Korkontzelos I, Ouzounidis G, Zagaliki A, Babatsias L, Tsirkas P, Kiaffa M, Antoniou N

Fetal tachycardia is a serious complication in pregnancy that may cause nonimmune fetal hydrops and lead to increased incidences of fetal morbidity and mortality. We report a case of a 28-year-old woman, primigravida, who presented at 26th week of gestation with fetal tachyarrythmia. The pharmaceutical therapy was digoxin which failed to accomplish sinus rhythm and secondly a combination …

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