ReviewAnnals of pediatric cardiology
Fetal cardiac arrhythmias: Current evidence.
Review in Annals of pediatric cardiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Artificial Intelligence in the Heart of Medicine: A Systematic Approach to Transforming Arrhythmia Care with Intelligent Systems.Current cardiology reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Implications of fetal premature atrial contractions: systematic review.Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2022Pooled it
- Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy Under the Umbrella of Environmental, Socio-Economic Factors and High-Risk Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #75: Evaluation and management of non-immune hydrops fetalis.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Complete Heart Block in the Fetus: An Antenatal Complication of Sjögren's Syndrome.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Resolution of Fetal Arrhythmia Following Maternal Discontinuation of Doxylamine (Unisom): A Case Report and Review.Cureus · 2025Article
- Physiological Determinants of PR Interval in Healthy Fetuses: Insights from Correlation and Regression Modeling.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of maternal anti-Ro/La antibodies on fetal atrioventricular conduction evaluated with echocardiography: a state-of-the-art review.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Review
- Practical compendium of antiarrhythmic drugs: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
- Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia: What Do We Know up to This Day?Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Fetal tachyarrhythmias: current knowledge for clinical practice.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- A comparison of magnetocardiography with noninvasive cardiac testing in the evaluation of patients with chest pain.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2025Article
- Intrauterine Diagnosis and Treatment of High-Grade Atrioventricular Block: A Case Series and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- In-Utero Treatment of Fetal SVT: A Case Report.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2025Article
- A case of sustained fetal atrial flutter at 25-week gestation: diagnostic challenges and therapeutic strategies.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Dual tachycardia in a premature infant: a rare case report and literature review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Fetal magnetocardiographic recordings with a prototype bed-based array system of optically-pumped magnetometers.Medical engineering & physics · 2024Article
- Fetal Arrhythmia Leading to a Diagnosis of Congenital Long QT Syndrome Type II.JACC. Case reports · 2024Article
- What Is the Optimal Digoxin Level? Challenging Case of Fetal Atrial Flutter Treatment in a Monochorionic Diamniotic Twin.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Left ventricular dysfunction in the newborn.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This article reviews important features for improving the diagnosis of fetal arrhythmias by ultrasound in prenatal cardiac screening and echocardiography. Transient fetal arrhythmias are more common than persistent fetal arrhythmias. However, persistent severe bradycardia and sustained tachycardia may cause fetal hydrops, preterm delivery, and higher perinatal morbidity and mortality. Hence, the diagnosis of these arrhythmias during the routine obstetric ultrasound, before the progression to hydrops, is crucial and represents a challenge that involves a team of specialists and subspecialists on fetal ultrasonography. The images in this review highlight normal cardiac rhythms as well as pathologic cases consistent with premature atrial and ventricular contractions, heart block, supraventricular tachycardia (VT), atrial flutter, and VT. In this review, the details of a variety of arrhythmias in fetuses were provided by M-mode and Doppler ultrasound/echocardiography with high-quality imaging, enhancing diagnostic accuracy. Moreover, an update on the intrauterine management and treatment of many arrhythmias is provided, focusing on improving outcomes to enable planned delivery and perinatal management.
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