Magnetocardiography for the Fetus at Risk for Stillbirth Janette F. Strasburger INTRODUCTION For half a century, the superb diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound and echocardiography have been the primary tools for…
The Elusive Fetal Electrocardiogram Helena M. Gardiner INTRODUCTION The major adverse pregnancy outcomes include intrapartum mortality at 0.35 per 1000 births; stillbirth affecting 4.1 per 1000 births a year; birth…
Delivery Planning Mary T. Donofrio Alfred Abuhamad INTRODUCTION The prenatal diagnosis of fetal arrhythmias has improved perinatal outcomes in several ways (TABLE 5.3.1). First, treatment of incessant arrhythmias can decrease…
The Anti-Ro/SSA Positive Pregnancy Helena M. Gardiner Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on aspects of pregnancy related to anti-Ro/SSA antibody-associated fetal cardiac diseases collectively known as cardiac neonatal…
The Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Danna Spears INTRODUCTION The Inherited arrhythmia syndromes are relatively uncommon, but their true prevalence is difficult to accurately quantify, as gene carriers may not manifest disease….
Treatment of Immune-Mediated Atrioventricular Block Helena M. Gardiner Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION Among mothers with anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, fetal atrioventricular (AV) block is rare; the AV block phenotype and natural history…
Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardias Sally-Ann Barker Clur Arja Suzanne Vink Nico A. Blom Hitoshi Horigome INTRODUCTION After establishing a diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia (VT), a major decision is to determine…
Treatment of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias Stacy Ann Stratemann Killen Frank A. Fish INTRODUCTION The goal of fetal arrhythmia treatment is the vaginal delivery of a full-term, nonhydropic infant in sinus rhythm….
Channelopathies Hitoshi Horigome INTRODUCTION Cardiac channelopathies are a group of inheritable disorders that predispose fetuses with primarily structurally normal hearts to arrhythmias through the alteration of ion channel currents of…
Immune-Mediated Atrioventricular Block Helena M. Gardiner Bettina F. Cuneo INTRODUCTION Complete atrioventricular (AV) block was first described 119 years ago as “impaired atrioventricular syndrome.”1 The association of a slow heart…
