Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
MC Yam ( 任文青 ) MBChB(CUHK), FRCP(Edin), MRCPCH
RYT Sung ( 宋銀子 ) MD, FRCP(Edin)
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
TY Leung ( 梁德楊 ) MBChB(CUHK), MRCOG(UK)
TK Lau ( 劉子建 ) MD(CUHK), MRCOG(UK)
Correspondence to: Dr MC Yam
Received January 27, 2003
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a well-recognised cause of non-immune hydrops fetalis, which is associated with a high incidence of perinatal mortality. The arrhythmia can be diagnosed accurately during prenatal life. We report here a case of fetal hydrops secondary to SVT at 20 weeks of gestation successfully treated with transplacental flecainide. The controversy on the types of drugs used and the optimal route of administration were discussed.
