Low Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Leads to Diagnosis of Long QT Syndrome Type 1

A low baseline fetal heart rate at 20 weeks' gestation was detected in a fetus without cardiac structural anomalies. Fetal echocardiography and magnetocardiography were used to diagnose congenital long QT syndrome. It was confirmed in the neonate, and the same pathogenic variant in was subseque...

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Published inJACC. Case reports Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 102183
Main Authors Polic, Aleksandra, Killen, Stacy A S, Strasburger, Janette F, Kannankeril, Prince J, Wakai, Ronald T, Patel, Soha S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier 07.02.2024
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bradycardia
cardiac channelopathy
Electrophysiology
fetal magnetocardiography
pregnancy
fetal magnetocardiography
cardiac channelopathy
bradycardia
pregnancy
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Summary:A low baseline fetal heart rate at 20 weeks' gestation was detected in a fetus without cardiac structural anomalies. Fetal echocardiography and magnetocardiography were used to diagnose congenital long QT syndrome. It was confirmed in the neonate, and the same pathogenic variant in was subsequently identified in the mother.
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102183