OBJECTIVE To review the outcomes of 193 fetuses with cardiac abnormalities detected by echocardiography. METHODS A total of 422 fetuses between 16 and 41 gestational weeks, referred to paediatric cardiologists for detailed echocardiography, were included in this study. RESULTS Structural heart defects were found in 55 (28%), isolated arrhythmia in 105 (54%), and other non-structural abnorma...

The healthy heart is heavily populated with fibroblasts. The mouse heart contains 56% cardiomyocytes, 27% fibroblasts, 7% endothelial cells, and 10% vascular smooth muscle cells, based on a study where hearts were enzymatically digested and the cells immunolabeled and sorted according to fluorescence, FACS (Banerjee et al. 2007). Another study from rat heart reports only 30–35% cardiomyocytes a...

CONTEXT Tacrolimus is a potent immunosuppressive drug often administered to transplant recipient patients and exhibits a variety of adverse cardiovascular effects. CASE REPORT We report a case of a 53-year-old Asian female who developed various arrhythmic phenomena including atrial premature complexes and supraventricular tachycardia after administration of tacrolimus. CONCLUSION Tacrolimus-ass...

Abstract Background Arrhythmias in pregnant women are commonly seen but have not been extensively studied. Drug therapy or catheter ablation during pregnancy may be required cases of maternal arrhythmias. However, the studies did examine outcomes with different management Objective We aimed to determine if there any differences disparate types arrhythmia treatment. Methods conducted a prospecti...

Introduction: we report a 56-year-olds female with supraventricular arrhythmia due acute ischemic stroke without structural heart disease. Case Description: A patient presented with sudden onset of lethargy, right hemiplegia, and global aphasia. There was previous history of stroke 1 year ago presented with left hemiplegia that recovered completely during 10 days. There was no history of comorb...

Blunt chest trauma and its associated complications represent a rare cause of cardiac arrest in a healthy child, although an increasing number of these events have been reported. Victims are most often diagnosed in ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia. However, cardiac conduction abnormalities are also reported. In this report, a healthy adolescent with supraventricular tachycardia associate...

A patient is described in whom a large congenital aneurysm or diverticulum of the right atrium caused repeated attacks of supraventricular arrhythmia and a strikingly reduced cardiac output. The aneurysm, which contained a large thrombus, was demonstrated by preoperative angiographic examinations. At the time of operation, regular rhythm returned at the moment the aneurysm was transsected. The ...

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common arrhythmia in the parturient and can occur with or without an underlying organic heart disease. A woman of 35 weeks' gestation, who had a paroxysmal SVT that was resistant to antiarrhythmic drugs and electric cardioversion, required emergency Cesarean delivery. The Cesarean delivery was performed under spinal anesthesia and a healthy bab...

Introduction Catheter ablation is an effective and often preferred treatment for supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Successful ablation is predicated on a precise diagnosis of the arrhythmia mechanism. The initial pacing maneuvers during electrophysiologic study (EPS) are often able to narrow the differential diagnosis immediately. We report an unusual case of SVT in which the initial findings...