title: The significance of indirect electrocardiography in fetal cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: A unique case in which a tentative diagnosis of congenital heart disease was made by fetal ECG is presented. A new averaging technique allowed an accurate analysis of the QRS complexes obtained from the maternal surface. This is the first case of fetal arrhythmias in which an early prenatal diagnosis of an anatomical lesion of the heart was suspected by reason of an abnormal fetal ECG and confirmed clinically at birth.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis