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Fetal ventricular tachycardia in long QT syndrome
M Yamada1, M Nakazawa, K Momma
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Cardiology in the Young
|July 29, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of a fetus presenting intermittent ventricular tachycardia during mid-gestation, whose mother had long QT syndrome. The arrhythmia disappeared spontaneously, and the electrocardiogram of the baby after birth showed prolonged QTc. As far as we are aware, this is the first case in which ventricular tachycardia was documented during fetal life in a baby with long QT syndrome.