PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Felicity Coad
AU  - Charlotte Frise
TI  - Tachycardia in pregnancy: when to worry?
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0495
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - e434--e437
VI  - 21
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/5/e434.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/5/e434.full
SO  - Clin Med2021 Sep 01; 21
AB  - Tachycardia in pregnancy is common, and distinguishing between physiological and pathological causes can be a challenge. Understanding the cardiovascular changes that take place in pregnancy can help to direct investigations. The finding of a persistent tachycardia, regardless of symptoms, should always prompt clinical review and consideration of investigations (such as blood tests, electrocardiography and echocardiography), where indicated. Treatment of tachyarrhythmias in pregnancy differs very little from a non-pregnant adult, and unstable arrhythmias should follow Resuscitation Council UK guidelines. Pregnant women with pathological arrhythmias need to be cared for under a multidisciplinary team, including obstetricians, obstetric anaesthetists, specialist midwives, cardiologists and obstetric physicians.