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Peterson, Ashley A

Mayo Clinic

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

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Management of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Pregnancy
Peterson, Ashley , Sharpe, Emily E. , Peterson, Ashley A, Arendt, Katherine W. , Sharpe, Emily E

Pain Medicine | November 13, 2019 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 426-428

10.1093/pm/pnz330 Get It

Abstract Supraventricular tachycardia is a common arrhythmia in pregnancy. During labor and delivery, neuraxial analgesia is important to prevent arrhythmia recurrence. We present the case of a 27-year-old gravida 2 para 1 woman at 35 weeks’ gestation presenting with supraventricular tachycardia that converted to normal sinus rhythm with adenosine. To prevent recurrence of the arrhythmia, an early epidural was provided during labor to minimize catecholamine release.