Perinatal Monitoring of Fetal Well-Being in the Presence of Congenital Heart Block

Deborah M. Friedman; Ioannis Zervoudakis; Jill P. Buyon

doi:10.1055/s-2007-999300

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1998; 15(12): 669-673
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999300

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Perinatal Monitoring of Fetal Well-Being in the Presence of Congenital Heart Block

Deborah M. Friedman¹ , Ioannis Zervoudakis² , Jill P. Buyon³

¹Division of Pediatric Cardiology, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
²Division of Obstetrics, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Joint Disease/New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Abstract

ABSTRACT

We present a case of congenital complete heart block associated with maternal autoantibodies in which a normal labor and delivery could safely be allowed to proceed despite the absence of the usual tool of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring for fetal distress, by the technique of rupturing membranes and using a fetal scalp electrode electrocardiographic tracing to assess the fetal atrial rate.

Keywords

Fetal monitoring - congenital heart block - neonatal lupus erythematosis - fetal well-being

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