The clinical significance of the irregular fetal heart rhythm

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 813-819

  Copel, Joshua A ^a   Liang, Ren Ing ^b   Demasio, Kafui ^b   Ozeren, Semih ^b   Kleinman, Charles S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal arrhythmia; Fetal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRASYSTOLE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034090651     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70330-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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