title: Ventricular bigeminy misdiagnosed as fetal bradycardia by cardiotocography--the value of non-invasive fetal electrocardiography.
abstract: We document the value of non-invasive fetal electrocardiography (fECG) in a case of fetal arrhythmia in which an unnecessary cesarean section was almost performed. The fetal heart rate (fHR) was 60-70 beats per minute (bpm) on the cardiotocography (CTG), with occasional, sudden fluctuations to 130 bpm. This was probably a result of the technical limitations of the CTG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117595 Singapore.
authors.forename: Ee Ling
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: Ting Fei
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Yee Chee
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: William C L
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yip
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D015148:Cardiotocography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology