Characterization of fetal arrhythmias by means of fetal magnetocardiography in three cases of difficult ultrasonographic imaging.

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Characterization of ultrasound detected fetal arrhythmias is generally performed by means of M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography (fECHO), sonographic techniques that allow only indirect and approximate reconstruction of the true electrophysiological events that occur in the fetal heart. Several studies demonstrated the ability of fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) to identify fetal arrhythmias. We report on three women, studied after the 32nd gestational week, who were referred for fMCG ...

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Authors: Comani, S; Liberati, M; Mantini, D; Gabriele, E; Brisinda, D

• Journal: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 1647-1655
• Publication date: 2004-12-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00699.x
• EISSN: 1540-8159
• ISSN: 0147-8389
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cardiotocography; Humans; Pregnancy; Ventricular Premature Complexes; Algorithms; Prenatal Diagnosis; Adult; Electrocardiography; Atrial Premature Complexes; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Principal Component Analysis; Magnetics; Tachycardia, Supraventricular; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Female; Obesity