Ventricular bigeminy misdiagnosed as fetal bradycardia by cardiotocography--the value of non-invasive fetal electrocardiography.
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.
Chia
Ee Ling
EL
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117595 Singapore.
Ho
Ting Fei
TF
Wong
Yee Chee
YC
Yip
William C L
WC
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