title: Incidence and characteristics of maternal cardiac arrhythmias during labor.
abstract: There is an assumption that pregnancy and labor are prone to a higher incidence of maternal cardiac arrhythmias. We assessed the incidence and characteristics of maternal cardiac arrhythmias during labor and compared the findings with corresponding studies of healthy nonpregnant women and pregnant women not in labor. A high incidence of cardiac arrhythmias during labor (93%) was found among 30 healthy pregnant women; however, other than atrial premature beats, the rate was no higher than among nonpregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. romemy@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ayal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romem
authors.forename: Yitzhak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Romem
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset / Q000502:physiology*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy