Uerpairojkit B, Tanawattanacharoen S, Manotaya S, Wisawasukmongchol W, Chottivittayatarakorn P, Charoenvidhya D
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 1998 Apr;24(2):135-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1998.tb00064.x.
An increased awareness of fetal arrhythmias by obstetricians has resulted in a growing number of diagnosed cases of fetal cardiac problems. A fetus with atrial flutter diagnosed at 31 weeks of gestation was successfully converted to normal sinus rhythm in utero by maternal administration with digitalis. The fetal heart rate stayed in a normal rhythm with a maintenance dose of 0.5 mg/day. The fetus was delivered spontaneously at term and the neonatal heart rate has been in normal rhythm without any medical treatment.
