Fetal heart monitoring during open heart surgery. Two case reports.
Two patients with critical mitral stenosis underwent open mitral valvotomy during the third trimester of pregnancy. Fetal monitoring throughout heart-lung bypass produced evidence of acute fetal hypoxia. Healthy live full-term infants were subsequently delivered.
D000328:Adult; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third