Severe hydrops fetalis due to congenital supraventricular tachycardia

✍ Scribed by A. J. J. T. Rein; C. Lotan; K. J. Goiten; A. Simcha

• Book ID: 104775314
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 257 KB
• Volume: 144
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00441751

✦ Synopsis

Abstracts.

Intrauterine supraventricular tachycardia is one of the main causes of non-immunological intrauterine hydrops fetalis.Without early diagnosis and treatment it may terminate in fetal death or delivery of a baby with severe hydrops and extreme heart failure.

With the improvement in non-invasive imaging techniques in prenatal medicine, this condition can be diagnosed early and treated successfully. A case is described of such a newborn diagnosed in utero and treated before and after delivery, and the different therapeutic approaches to congenital supraventricular tachycardia are discussed.