简介:Thispaperreviewscurrentrecommendationsontheappropriateevaluationandmanagementofcardiacarrhythmiasinthepregnantpatient.Mostarrhythmiasduringpregnancyarebenignandrequirenointervention.Whenrequired,thedecisiontotreatshouldbebasedonsymptomseverityandtheassociatedrisktomotherandfetusposedbypotentiallyrecurringarrhythmiaepisodesthroughoutthepregnancy.Anytreatmentstrategyinthispatientpopulationhasinherentrisktobothmotherandunbornchild.Beforetheinitiationofanyintervention,documentationofaclinicalarrhythmiaandcorrelationwithclinicalsymptomsshouldbeobtained.Thereisnoroleforempirictherapy.