Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the aetiology, spectrum, course and outcomes of neonates with arrhythmias observed in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from 2007 to 2012. METHODS: Neonates with rhythm problems were included. The results of electrocardiography (ECG), Holter ECG, echocar...

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Autores principales: Binnetoğlu, Fatih Köksal, Babaoğlu, Kadir, Altun, Gürkan, Türker, Gülcan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24844549
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2014-002
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author Binnetoğlu, Fatih Köksal
Babaoğlu, Kadir
Altun, Gürkan
Türker, Gülcan
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the aetiology, spectrum, course and outcomes of neonates with arrhythmias observed in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from 2007 to 2012. METHODS: Neonates with rhythm problems were included. The results of electrocardiography (ECG), Holter ECG, echocardiography and biochemical analysis were evaluated. The long-term results of follow up were reviewed. RESULTS: Forty-five patients were male (68%) and 21 (32%) were female. Fifty-five patients (83.3%) were term, 11 (16.6%) were preterm, and 34% were diagnosed in the prenatal period. Twenty cases (30.3%) had congenital heart disease. Twenty-three patients (34.8%) were diagnosed during the foetal period. The most common arrhythmias were supraventricular ectopic beats and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) at 39.3 and 22.7%, respectively. SVT recurred in five patients after the neonatal period. CONCLUSION: Supraventricular ectopic beats and SVT were the most common arrhythmias during the neonatal period. Although the prognosis of arrhythmias in the neonatal period is relatively good, regular monitoring is required.
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spelling pubmed-40267622014-05-30 Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias Binnetoğlu, Fatih Köksal Babaoğlu, Kadir Altun, Gürkan Türker, Gülcan Cardiovasc J Afr Cardiovascular Topics OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the aetiology, spectrum, course and outcomes of neonates with arrhythmias observed in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from 2007 to 2012. METHODS: Neonates with rhythm problems were included. The results of electrocardiography (ECG), Holter ECG, echocardiography and biochemical analysis were evaluated. The long-term results of follow up were reviewed. RESULTS: Forty-five patients were male (68%) and 21 (32%) were female. Fifty-five patients (83.3%) were term, 11 (16.6%) were preterm, and 34% were diagnosed in the prenatal period. Twenty cases (30.3%) had congenital heart disease. Twenty-three patients (34.8%) were diagnosed during the foetal period. The most common arrhythmias were supraventricular ectopic beats and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) at 39.3 and 22.7%, respectively. SVT recurred in five patients after the neonatal period. CONCLUSION: Supraventricular ectopic beats and SVT were the most common arrhythmias during the neonatal period. Although the prognosis of arrhythmias in the neonatal period is relatively good, regular monitoring is required. Clinics Cardive Publishing 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4026762/ /pubmed/24844549 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2014-002 Text en Copyright © 2010 Clinics Cardive Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Binnetoğlu, Fatih Köksal
Babaoğlu, Kadir
Altun, Gürkan
Türker, Gülcan
Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title_full Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title_fullStr Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title_short Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
title_sort diagnosis, treatment and follow up of neonatal arrhythmias
topic Cardiovascular Topics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24844549
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2014-002
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