Perinatal management and outcome of different types of fetal arrhythmia / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
; (12): 987-990, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the perinatal management and outcome of different types of fetal arrhythmia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A retrospective analysis was conducted among the fetuses with arrhythmia identified by M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in a single institution between October 2003 and December 2010.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 130 fetuses were found to have fetal arrhythmia. The most common arrhythmia during pregnancy was extrasystole (n=59), followed by bradycardia (n=23), tachycardia (n=16), atrial flutter (AF, n=3), atrioventricular block (AVB, n=12) and other arrhythmia (n=17). The overall incidence of cardiac anomalies (commonly fetal bradycardia) was 9.2% in these cases. The prognosis of arrhythmia differed significantly between cases of different classifications. The type of fetal arrhythmia (P=0.024), presence of congenital heart defect (CHD, P=0.000) and fetal hydrops (P=0.008) were significant risk factors associated with termination of pregnancy.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Fetal arrhythmias without CHD or hydrops under close monitoring often have good clinical outcome, while fetal bradycardia is associated with a high mortality rate. CHD and the presence of fetal hydrops are significant risk factors for pregnancy termination.</p>
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Main subject:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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Pregnancy Trimester, Second
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Pregnancy Trimester, Third
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Retrospective Studies
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Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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Classification
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Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
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Fetal Diseases
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Heart Defects, Congenital
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2011
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Article