Download PDF
Am J Perinatol 1987; 4(4): 348-351
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999805
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

© 1987 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Evolution of Complete Heart Block in a Fetus and its Perinatal Management

Laxmi Baxi, Frederick Bierman, Philip Ursell
  • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
04 March 2008 (online)

Also available at
    Permissions and Reprints

ABSTRACT

The antepartum course of a patient with a fetus showing heart block and complex congenital heart disease was followed closely using serial nonstress tests, ultrasonograms, and echocardiograms. Internal fetal heart rate and capillary pH monitoring during labor were useful in guiding the successful vaginal delivery.