Why the study?
Does antenatal electrocardiography detect congenital heart disease and cardiac malformations in fetuses?
Population
517 subjects undergoing antenatal electrocardiograms, including cases with a presumptive diagnosis of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Postnatal (up to 5 days after birth for reported cases)
Authors
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May support antenatal ECG for fetal conduction defects in high-risk cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before broader use.
Does antenatal electrocardiography detect congenital heart disease and cardiac malformations in fetuses?
Antenatal fetal electrocardiography can detect congenital cardiac malformations such as heart block and coarctation of the aorta, aiding in postnatal preparation.
Saul D. Larks (1960) studied this question.
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