Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Calcium channel blockers are commonly used tocolytic agents on Labor and Delivery units worldwide as part of the management of preterm labor. Despite their overall reassuring safety profile, rare cardiovascular complications have been reported. In this report, we describe the case of threatened pret...

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Autores principales: Docheva, Nikolina P., Slutsky, Emily D., Sandelin, Roger, Van Hook, James W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8085649
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author Docheva, Nikolina P.
Slutsky, Emily D.
Sandelin, Roger
Van Hook, James W.
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description Calcium channel blockers are commonly used tocolytic agents on Labor and Delivery units worldwide as part of the management of preterm labor. Despite their overall reassuring safety profile, rare cardiovascular complications have been reported. In this report, we describe the case of threatened preterm labor managed with nifedipine with subsequent development of atrial fibrillation. This type of cardiac arrhythmia may have considerable consequences for both the mother and the fetus. The aim of this case report and comprehensive review of the literature is to raise awareness.
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spelling pubmed-59769632018-06-03 Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Docheva, Nikolina P. Slutsky, Emily D. Sandelin, Roger Van Hook, James W. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Calcium channel blockers are commonly used tocolytic agents on Labor and Delivery units worldwide as part of the management of preterm labor. Despite their overall reassuring safety profile, rare cardiovascular complications have been reported. In this report, we describe the case of threatened preterm labor managed with nifedipine with subsequent development of atrial fibrillation. This type of cardiac arrhythmia may have considerable consequences for both the mother and the fetus. The aim of this case report and comprehensive review of the literature is to raise awareness. Hindawi 2018-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5976963/ /pubmed/29862104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8085649 Text en Copyright © 2018 Nikolina P. Docheva et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Docheva, Nikolina P.
Slutsky, Emily D.
Sandelin, Roger
Van Hook, James W.
Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort atrial fibrillation as a rare complication of the use of nifedipine as a tocolytic agent: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8085649
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