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At 38 weeks of gestation, a woman with a previously unremarkable pregnancy was noted to have fetal tachycardia without obvious cause. Fetal echocardiography resulted in a presumptive diagnosis of fetal atrial flutter with a 2:1 block. The newborn resumed the same rhythm. The neonate underwent transesophageal incremental overdrive pacing. A normal sinus rhythm was restored. The infant had no recurrence to age 6 months.
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Gimovsky, M., Nazir, M., Hashemi, E. et al. Fetal/Neonatal Supraventricular Tachycardia. J Perinatol 24, 191–193 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211036
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