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Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 5/2013

01-10-2013 | Case Report

Fetal Bradyarrythmia: Are We Missing Something?

Authors: Shilpa Sapre, Chandrajeet Yadav, Viral Patel, Nootan Chandwaskar

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 5/2013

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Cardiac rhabdomyoma is the most commonest [1] cardiac tumor detected in intrauterine life as well as in early infancy. It constitutes about 70–80 % of all cardiac tumors reported in various clinical series and to 40 % in all autopsy series. It is actually a hamartoma of developing myocytes [2]. Majority of these rhabdomyomas have a benign course and regress spontaneously, however, the clinical presentation depends upon the number and location of this tumor. …
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Metadata
Title
Fetal Bradyarrythmia: Are We Missing Something?
Authors
Shilpa Sapre
Chandrajeet Yadav
Viral Patel
Nootan Chandwaskar
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-012-0182-4

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