Successful detection of the fetal electrocardiogram waveform changes during various states of singletons

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Sato, Naoaki ^a   Hoshiai, Tetsuro ^b   Ito, Takuya ^c   Owada, Kazunari ^d   Chisaka, Hiroshi ^b   Aoyagi, Ayako ^e   Sugawara, Junichi ^b   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^b   Okamura, Kunihiro ^b,f   Kimura, Yoshitaka ^b,e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Shinanozaka Clinic Shinanokai   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KKR Tohoku Kousai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Different fetal states; Fetal abnormality; Fetal electrocardiogram; Fetal movement; Standard time interval values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALPRESENTATION; PR INTERVAL; PREDICTION; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052598194     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.225.89     Document Type: Article

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