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Does the burden of premature ventricular contractions predict adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women without structural heart disease?

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    1 Hunan Children's Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410,007, P.R.China.
    Yuanhong Yuan
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    1 Hunan Children's Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410,007, P.R.China.
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    Emergency Department of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China
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    1 Hunan Children's Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410,007, P.R.China.
    Yufan Yang
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    Corresponding author at: Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China.
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    1 Hunan Children's Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410,007, P.R.China.
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    Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China
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    1 Hunan Children's Hospital, Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410,007, P.R.China.
Published:May 26, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.05.044
Does the burden of premature ventricular contractions predict adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women without structural heart disease?
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      We read with great interest the paper by Chou et al. [
      • Chou C.C.
      • Lee H.L.
      • Wo H.T.
      • Chang P.C.
      • Chiang C.Y.
      • Chiu K.P.
      • et al.
      Obstetric and fetal/neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with frequent premature ventricular complexes and structurally normal heart.
      Int. J. Cardiol. 2023; 371: 160-166
      ], in which they concluded that high premature ventricular complex (PVC) burden was not associated with poor composite adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. This is an interesting study because it indicates that anti-arrhythmic drugs are not required for pregnant women with PVC, which may reduce the risk of fetal exposure to adverse drug reactions. However, we have some serious concerns about this paper.

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      Publication history

      Published online: May 26, 2023
      Accepted: May 23, 2023
      Received: May 2, 2023

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.05.044

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