Emergency cesarean delivery in a parturient who had an intractable paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2012.63.4.360
- Author:
Kyoung Ok KIM
1
;
Eun Jung CHANG
;
Jin HAN
;
Hun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea. pissces@dumc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cesarean section;
Supraventricular tachycardia
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, Spinal;
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Cesarean Section;
Electric Countershock;
Emergencies;
Female;
Heart Diseases;
Humans;
Pregnancy;
Tachycardia, Supraventricular
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2012;63(4):360-362
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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 baby was delivered uneventfully. SVT spontaneously converted to normal sinus rhythm right after delivery of the baby.
