Electrical cardioversion in healthy pregnant women: safe yes, but needed?
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Electrical cardioversion in healthy pregnant women: safe yes, but needed?
Sustained maternal arrhythmias during pregnancy that would require an electrical intervention are rare. The incidence and mechanisms, as well as the need for intervention, depend strongly on the background disease of the mother (to be). Electrical intervention may be indicated only with severe symptoms and drug refractory arrhythmias. The two cases of attempted electrical cardio-versions (and a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Netherlands Heart Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1568-5888,1876-6250
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-011-0079-3