A fetal Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome diagnosed prenatally by magnetocardiography

Takayoshi Hosono; Yoshihide Chiba; Mika Shinto; Akihiko Kandori; Keiji Tsukada

doi:10.1159/000053913

A fetal Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome diagnosed prenatally by magnetocardiography

Takayoshi Hosono, Yoshihide Chiba, Mika Shinto, Akihiko Kandori, Keiji Tsukada

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Abstract

We report a case of fetal Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome diagnosed prenatally by magnetocardiography (MCG). At 32 weeks' gestation, the fetus was diagnosed to have a paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia by ultrasonography and direct fetal electrocardiogram (ECG). Transplacental fetal therapy by maternal oral administration of propranolol resolved the fetal tachyarrhythmia. Although the wave forms of the fetal MCG at 32 weeks' gestation were normal, the fetal MCG at 35 weeks' gestation showed a short PR interval and a long QRS complex duration with a delta wave, indicating WPW syndrome. The findings of the fetal MCG were confirmed by the postnatal ECG. MCG made the prenatal diagnosis of WPW syndrome possible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-217
Number of pages	3
Journal	Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000053913
Publication status	Published - Jul 9 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arrhythmia
Fetus
Magnetocardiography
Prenatal diagnosis
Propranolol
Supraventricular tachycardia
Ultrasonography
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Embryology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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