Determination of fetal heart rate short term variation from umbilical artery Doppler waveforms.

CONCLUSIONS: Umbilical artery Doppler waveforms offer a robust and feasible method to derive short term variation of the fetal heart rate. It needs to be emphasized that the umbilical-Doppler derived short term variation is not interchangeable with measurements derived with computerized cardiotocography. Accordingly, further investigations need to validate associations with outcome to determine the value of concurrent fetal cardiovascular and heart rate evaluation that are possible with the technique described here. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Source: The Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology - October 8, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Cahill LS, Stortz G, Chandran AR, Milligan N, Shinar S, Whitehead CL, Hobson SR, Millard S, Macgowan CK, Kingdom JC, Sled JG, Baschat AA Tags: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research