TY - JOUR
T1 - Anesthetic Management of Peripartum Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia
AU - Pimentel, Marc P.hilip T.
AU - Bobb, Lesley E.
AU - Shimada, Yuichi J.
AU - Gerhard-Herman, Marie
AU - Katz, Jeffrey E.
AU - Palanisamy, Arvind
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - Arrhythmia and palpitation are common during pregnancy. Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia, a rare cause of palpitations occurring even in the absence of structural heart disease, is uncommon during pregnancy. Nevertheless, the presence of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia in pregnancy requires careful cardiac evaluation with a focus on managing arrhythmogenic activity while maintaining patient comfort and safety. We report a case of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia in a pregnant 32-year-old woman, whose arrhythmia was detected 2 weeks before labor and persisted through the peripartum period.
AB - Arrhythmia and palpitation are common during pregnancy. Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia, a rare cause of palpitations occurring even in the absence of structural heart disease, is uncommon during pregnancy. Nevertheless, the presence of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia in pregnancy requires careful cardiac evaluation with a focus on managing arrhythmogenic activity while maintaining patient comfort and safety. We report a case of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia in a pregnant 32-year-old woman, whose arrhythmia was detected 2 weeks before labor and persisted through the peripartum period.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84988816837
U2 - 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000178
DO - 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000178
M3 - Article
C2 - 26323033
AN - SCOPUS:84988816837
SN - 2325-7237
VL - 5
SP - 72
EP - 74
JO - A & A case reports
JF - A & A case reports
IS - 5
ER -