Fetal Bradycardia Prompting the Diagnosis and Management of Parental Long QT Syndrome
The first indication of parental LQTS may be persistent fetal bradycardia. This should prompt consideration of this diagnosis even with a normal maternal corrected QT interval and lead to the initiation of specific management strategies for pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period before the results of genomic testing are available.
Authors
- Éric Rosenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3030-9749)
- Will Regan
- Tessa Homfray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-9678)
- Kiruthika Ananthan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0332-904X)
- Vita Zidere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-6621)
- John Whitaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5361-5725)
- Catherine Williamson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-7611)
- Trisha V. Vigneswaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4084-4203)
- Sian C. Chivers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-2714)
- Rachel Bastiaenen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5018-8035)
- Antonio de Marvao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-5887)
- John Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-7441)
Institutions
- St George's Hospital (GB)
- St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- Royal Brompton Hospital (GB)
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale (FR)
- King's College School (GB)
- St. Thomas Hospital (CA)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.124.013360
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00