Key result
Fetal magnetocardiography showed that the LF/HF ratio, an index of sympathetic nervous activity, significantly increased over the gestational period from 28 to 39 weeks (P=0.003).
Why the study?
Does fetal magnetocardiography enable the evaluation of fetal autonomic nervous system activity in normal pregnancies?
Observational (n=35)
Does fetal magnetocardiography enable the evaluation of fetal autonomic nervous system activity in normal pregnancies?
p-value: p=0.003
Fetal magnetocardiography can evaluate fetal autonomic nervous system activity, demonstrating that sympathetic nervous activity increases with gestational age in normal pregnancies.
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Should not yet alter fetal monitoring; hypothesis-generating for sympathetic maturation assessment via FMCG.
Fukushima et al. (2008) conducted an observational in Normal pregnancy (n=35). Fetal magnetocardiography (FMCG) was evaluated on Heart rate variability (CVRR and LF/HF ratio) (p=0.003). Fetal magnetocardiography showed that the LF/HF ratio, an index of sympathetic nervous activity, significantly increased over the gestational period from 28 to 39 weeks (P=0.003).