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Persistent Fetal Tachycardia

MedGen UID:
457538
•Concept ID:
C2985312
•
Finding

Definition

A fetal heart rate above 160 bpm that is sustained for longer than 10 minutes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPersistent Fetal Tachycardia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pharmacological Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Fetal and Neonatal Periods: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: Endorsed by the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES).
Batra AS, Silka MJ, Borquez A, Cuneo B, Dechert B, Jaeggi E, Kannankeril PJ, Tabulov C, Tisdale JE, Wolfe D; American Heart Association Clinical Pharmacology Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine, and Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young
Circulation 2024 Mar 5;149(10):e937-e952. Epub 2024 Feb 5 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001206. PMID: 38314551
The Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in the Neonate.
Chambers S, Jnah A, Newberry D
Adv Neonatal Care 2021 Jun 1;21(3):178-188. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000785. PMID: 32826411
Fetal arrhythmias: Surveillance and management.
Yuan SM
Hellenic J Cardiol 2019 Mar-Apr;60(2):72-81. Epub 2018 Dec 18 doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2018.12.003. PMID: 30576831

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Chorioamnionitis and intraamniotic infection.
Newton ER
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Dec;36(4):795-808. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199312000-00004. PMID: 8293582
Second-stage fetal tachycardia and neonatal infection.
Schiano MA, Hauth JC, Gilstrap LC 3rd
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1984 Mar 15;148(6):779-81. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(84)90566-0. PMID: 6702948

Diagnosis

Placental chorioangioma associated with polyhydramnios and hydrops fetalis.
Willis C, Ferguson S, Soydemir F
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jan 29;12(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227828. PMID: 30700468Free PMC Article
Fetal therapy in fetal thyrotoxicosis: a case report.
Srisupundit K, Sirichotiyakul S, Tongprasert F, Luewan S, Tongsong T
Fetal Diagn Ther 2008;23(2):114-6. Epub 2007 Nov 23 doi: 10.1159/000111589. PMID: 18033967
Fetal trisomy 13 distinguished by persistent fetal tachycardia.
Shulman LP, Emerson DS, Phillips OP
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1997 Jun;57(3):317-8. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7292(97)02911-1. PMID: 9215497
Chorioamnionitis and intraamniotic infection.
Newton ER
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Dec;36(4):795-808. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199312000-00004. PMID: 8293582
Second-stage fetal tachycardia and neonatal infection.
Schiano MA, Hauth JC, Gilstrap LC 3rd
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1984 Mar 15;148(6):779-81. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(84)90566-0. PMID: 6702948

Therapy

Fetal therapy in fetal thyrotoxicosis: a case report.
Srisupundit K, Sirichotiyakul S, Tongprasert F, Luewan S, Tongsong T
Fetal Diagn Ther 2008;23(2):114-6. Epub 2007 Nov 23 doi: 10.1159/000111589. PMID: 18033967
Resolution of hydrops fetalis despite persistent fetal tachycardia.
Silver LE, Platt LD, Santulli TV Jr, Carlson DE
J Ultrasound Med 2001 Oct;20(10):1141-5. doi: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.10.1141. PMID: 11587022
Tachycardia as the sole fetal heart rate abnormality after funipuncture.
Seligman SP, Young BK
Obstet Gynecol 1996 May;87(5 Pt 2):833-4. PMID: 8677106
Chorioamnionitis and intraamniotic infection.
Newton ER
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Dec;36(4):795-808. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199312000-00004. PMID: 8293582

Prognosis

Fetal therapy in fetal thyrotoxicosis: a case report.
Srisupundit K, Sirichotiyakul S, Tongprasert F, Luewan S, Tongsong T
Fetal Diagn Ther 2008;23(2):114-6. Epub 2007 Nov 23 doi: 10.1159/000111589. PMID: 18033967
Chorioamnionitis and intraamniotic infection.
Newton ER
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Dec;36(4):795-808. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199312000-00004. PMID: 8293582

Clinical prediction guides

Torsion of a Term Uterus.
Ahmed FU, Ambreen A, Zubair S, Kiran N
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2016 Jun;26(6 Suppl):S50-1. PMID: 27376222
Chorioamnionitis and intraamniotic infection.
Newton ER
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1993 Dec;36(4):795-808. doi: 10.1097/00003081-199312000-00004. PMID: 8293582

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