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Comparison of Transplacental Treatment of Fetal Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias With Digoxin, Flecainide, and Sotalol: Results of a Nonrandomized Multicenter Study
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BACKGROUND: Fetal tachyarrhythmia may result in low cardiac output and death. Consequently, antiarrhythmic treatment is offered in most affected pregnancies. We compared 3 drugs commonly used to control supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and atrial flutter (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed 159 consecutive referrals with fetal SVT (n=114) and AF (n=45). Of these, 75 fetuses with SVT and 36 with AF were treated nonrandomly with transplacental flecainide (n=35), sotalol (n=52), or digoxin (n=24) as a first-line agent. Prenatal treatment failure was associated with an incessant versus intermittent arrhythmia pattern (n=85; hazard ratio [HR]=3.1; P<0.001) and, for SVT, with fetal hydrops (n=28; HR=1.8; P=0.04). Atrial flutter had a lower rate of conversion to sinus rhythm before delivery than SVT (HR=2.0; P=0.005). Cardioversion at 5 and 10 days occurred in 50% and 63% of treated SVT cases, respectively, but in only 25% and 41% of treated AF cases. Sotalol was associated with higher rates of prenatal AF termination than digoxin (HR=5.4; P=0.05) or flecainide (HR=7.4; P=0.03). If incessant AF/SVT persisted to day 5 (n=45), median ventricular rates declined more with flecainide (-22%) and digoxin (-13%) than with sotalol (-5%; P<0.001). Flecainide (HR=2.1; P=0.02) and digoxin (HR=2.9; P=0.01) were also associated with a higher rate of conversion of fetal SVT to a normal rhythm over time. No serious drug-related adverse events were observed, but arrhythmia-related mortality was 5%. CONCLUSION: Flecainide and digoxin were superior to sotalol in converting SVT to a normal rhythm and in slowing both AF and SVT to better-tolerated ventricular rates and therefore might be considered first to treat significant fetal tachyarrhythmia.
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“Additional support for safety has been gained from treatment of foetal arrhythmias.407”
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- Authors
- Jaeggi, E. T., Carvalho, J. S., De Groot, E., Api, O., Clur, S.-A. B., Rammeloo, L., McCrindle, B. W., Ryan, G., Manlhiot, C., & Blom, N. A.
- Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
- From the Hospital for Sick Children (E.T.J., B.W.M., C.M.) and Mount Sinai Hospital (G.R.), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Royal Brompton and St. George's Hospitals, London, UK (J.S.C., O.A.); Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands (E.D.G., N.A.B.); Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (S.-A.B.C.); and Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (L.R.).
- ORCID
- Venue
- Circulation
- Published
- 2011-10-18
- Volume
- 124
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1747-1754
- ISSN
- 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
- 1524-4539
- OpenAlex
- W2096612114
- Cited by
- 237
- References
- 30
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- FWCI
- 12.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Circulation (publishedVersion)
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- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Keywords
- fetal supraventricular tachycardia, fetal atrial flutter, digoxin, flecainide, sotalol, hydrops fetalis, ventricular rate control, drug safety in pregnancy
- MeSH terms
- Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, Digoxin, Drug Evaluation, Female, Fetal Diseases, Flecainide, Humans, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, Sotalol, Tachycardia, Supraventricular, Treatment Outcome, Fetal Therapies
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