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Fetal Arrhythmias

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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

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Abstract

Clinical auscultation of the human fetal heart began in the late 1800s, and the first reports of fetal arrhythmia detection were published in the 1930s. The detection, diagnosis, and treatment of fetal arrhythmias have since evolved considerably beyond these early observations.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital, 100 N. Mario Capecchi Dr., Ste 1500, Salt Lake City, UT, 84113, USA

    Elizabeth Vickers Saarel M.D.

  2. Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Carlen G. Fifer M.D.

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    Macdonald Dick, II

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Saarel, E.V., Fifer, C.G. (2015). Fetal Arrhythmias. In: Dick, II, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2739-5_20

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