Incessant atrial tachycardia accelerated by pregnancy

Br Heart J. 1992 Mar;67(3):266-8. doi: 10.1136/hrt.67.3.266.

Abstract

A 24 year old patient presented with incessant atrial tachycardia during the course of a twin pregnancy. Medical treatment slowed the ventricular response without restoring sinus rhythm. During labour the tachycardia spontaneously reverted to sinus rhythm. Subsequently the same arrhythmia was documented with a slower ventricular response than during pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Labor, Obstetric / physiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / physiopathology*
  • Pregnancy, Multiple / physiology*
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / physiopathology*
  • Twins