Spectral analysis of fetal heart rate variability in fetuses with supraventricular extrasystoles

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 284-288

  Troeger, Carolyn ^a   Schaub, Andreas F ^a   Bernasconi, Paolo ^b   Hösli, Irene ^a   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extrasystoles; Fetal heart rate variability; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0038302248     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070811     Document Type: Article

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