Fetal heart. Medical search

The heart of the fetus of any viviparous animal. It refers to the heart in the postembryonic period and is differentiated from the embryonic heart (HEART/embryology) only on the basis of time.

The heart rate of the FETUS. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute.

The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood.

Physiologic or biochemical monitoring of the fetus. It is usually done during LABOR, OBSTETRIC and may be performed in conjunction with the monitoring of uterine activity. It may also be performed prenatally as when the mother is undergoing surgery.

Monitoring of FETAL HEART frequency before birth in order to assess impending prematurity in relation to the pattern or intensity of antepartum UTERINE CONTRACTION.

The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute.

The visualization of tissues during pregnancy through recording of the echoes of ultrasonic waves directed into the body. The procedure may be applied with reference to the mother or the fetus and with reference to organs or the detection of maternal or fetal disease.

Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.

The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Dynamic three-dimensional echocardiography using the added dimension of time to impart the cinematic perception of motion. (Mayo Clin Proc 1993;68:221-40)

Physical activity of the FETUS in utero. Gross or fine fetal body movement can be monitored by the mother, PALPATION, or ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated as the time from the last day of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization.

Pathophysiological conditions of the FETUS in the UTERUS. Some fetal diseases may be treated with FETAL THERAPIES.

A nonreassuring fetal status (NRFS) indicating that the FETUS is compromised (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1988). It can be identified by sub-optimal values in FETAL HEART RATE; oxygenation of FETAL BLOOD; and other parameters.

Deficient oxygenation of FETAL BLOOD.

Specialized arterial vessels in the umbilical cord. They carry waste and deoxygenated blood from the FETUS to the mother via the PLACENTA. In humans, there are usually two umbilical arteries but sometimes one.

The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.

A heterogeneous condition in which the heart is unable to pump out sufficient blood to meet the metabolic need of the body. Heart failure can be caused by structural defects, functional abnormalities (VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION), or a sudden overload beyond its capacity. Chronic heart failure is more common than acute heart failure which results from sudden insult to cardiac function, such as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Impaired conduction of cardiac impulse that can occur anywhere along the conduction pathway, such as between the SINOATRIAL NODE and the right atrium (SA block) or between atria and ventricles (AV block). Heart blocks can be classified by the duration, frequency, or completeness of conduction block. Reversibility depends on the degree of structural or functional defects.

A synthetic pregnadiene derivative with anti-aldosterone activity.

The middle third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 15th through the 28th completed week (99 to 196 days) of gestation.

Echocardiography amplified by the addition of depth to the conventional two-dimensional ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY visualizing only the length and width of the heart. Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging was first described in 1961 but its application to echocardiography did not take place until 1974. (Mayo Clin Proc 1993;68:221-40)

Pathological conditions involving the HEART including its structural and functional abnormalities.

The measurement of magnetic fields generated by electric currents from the heart. The measurement of these fields provides information which is complementary to that provided by ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY.

Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with frequency-shifted ultrasound reflections produced by moving targets (usually red blood cells) in the bloodstream along the ultrasound axis in direct proportion to the velocity of movement of the targets, to determine both direction and velocity of blood flow. (Stedman, 25th ed)

The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another.

The last third of a human PREGNANCY, from the beginning of the 29th through the 42nd completed week (197 to 294 days) of gestation.

Flaps of tissue that prevent regurgitation of BLOOD from the HEART VENTRICLES to the HEART ATRIA or from the PULMONARY ARTERIES or AORTA to the ventricles.

The beginning third of a human PREGNANCY, from the first day of the last normal menstrual period (MENSTRUATION) through the completion of 14 weeks (98 days) of gestation.

The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED).

The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to generate blood flow.

The volume of the HEART, usually relating to the volume of BLOOD contained within it at various periods of the cardiac cycle. The amount of blood ejected from a ventricle at each beat is STROKE VOLUME.

Cardiac arrhythmias that are characterized by excessively slow HEART RATE, usually below 50 beats per minute in human adults. They can be classified broadly into SINOATRIAL NODE dysfunction and ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK.

Results of conception and ensuing pregnancy, including LIVE BIRTH; STILLBIRTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION. The outcome may follow natural or artificial insemination or any of the various ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, such as EMBRYO TRANSFER or FERTILIZATION IN VITRO.

Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic.

Morphological and physiological development of FETUSES.

UTERINE BLEEDING from a GESTATION of less than 20 weeks without any CERVICAL DILATATION. It is characterized by vaginal bleeding, lower back discomfort, or midline pelvic cramping and a risk factor for MISCARRIAGE.

Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth.

Exchange of substances between the maternal blood and the fetal blood at the PLACENTA via PLACENTAL CIRCULATION. The placental barrier excludes microbial or viral transmission.

Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.

A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed.

The chambers of the heart, to which the BLOOD returns from the circulation.

A method, developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar, to evaluate a newborn's adjustment to extrauterine life. Five items - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color - are evaluated 60 seconds after birth and again five minutes later on a scale from 0-2, 0 being the lowest, 2 being normal. The five numbers are added for the Apgar score. A score of 0-3 represents severe distress, 4-7 indicates moderate distress, and a score of 7-10 predicts an absence of difficulty in adjusting to extrauterine life.

Striated muscle cells found in the heart. They are derived from cardiac myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, CARDIAC).

Echocardiography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image.

The failure of a FETUS to attain its expected FETAL GROWTH at any GESTATIONAL AGE.

Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.

Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM.

The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.

An infant during the first month after birth.

The branch of medicine dealing with the fetus and infant during the perinatal period. The perinatal period begins with the twenty-eighth week of gestation and ends twenty-eight days after birth. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

In utero measurement corresponding to the sitting height (crown to rump) of the fetus. Length is considered a more accurate criterion of the age of the fetus than is the weight. The average crown-rump length of the fetus at term is 36 cm. (From Williams Obstetrics, 18th ed, p91)

The research and development of ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES for such medical applications as diagnosis, therapy, research, anesthesia control, cardiac control, and surgery. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

This structure includes the thin muscular atrial septum between the two HEART ATRIA, and the thick muscular ventricular septum between the two HEART VENTRICLES.

Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.

The elimination of PAIN, without the loss of CONSCIOUSNESS, during OBSTETRIC LABOR; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; or the POSTPARTUM PERIOD, usually through the administration of ANALGESICS.

Pregnancy in which the mother and/or FETUS are at greater than normal risk of MORBIDITY or MORTALITY. Causes include inadequate PRENATAL CARE, previous obstetrical history (ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS), pre-existing maternal disease, pregnancy-induced disease (GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION), and MULTIPLE PREGNANCY, as well as advanced maternal age above 35.

The circulation of BLOOD, of both the mother and the FETUS, through the PLACENTA.

A variety of anesthetic methods such as EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA used to control the pain of childbirth.

Enlargement of the HEART, usually indicated by a cardiothoracic ratio above 0.50. Heart enlargement may involve the right, the left, or both HEART VENTRICLES or HEART ATRIA. Cardiomegaly is a nonspecific symptom seen in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HEART FAILURE) or several forms of CARDIOMYOPATHIES.

Act of listening for sounds within the heart.

Drugs that prevent preterm labor and immature birth by suppressing uterine contractions (TOCOLYSIS). Agents used to delay premature uterine activity include magnesium sulfate, beta-mimetics, oxytocin antagonists, calcium channel inhibitors, and adrenergic beta-receptor agonists. The use of intravenous alcohol as a tocolytic is now obsolete.

A procedure to stop the contraction of MYOCARDIUM during HEART SURGERY. It is usually achieved with the use of chemicals (CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTIONS) or cold temperature (such as chilled perfusate).

Examinations used to diagnose and treat heart conditions.

The flexible rope-like structure that connects a developing FETUS to the PLACENTA in mammals. The cord contains blood vessels which carry oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the fetus and waste products away from the fetus.

A species of sheep, Ovis aries, descended from Near Eastern wild forms, especially mouflon.

Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY.

A chromosome disorder associated either with an extra chromosome 21 or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. Clinical manifestations include hypotonia, short stature, brachycephaly, upslanting palpebral fissures, epicanthus, Brushfield spots on the iris, protruding tongue, small ears, short, broad hands, fifth finger clinodactyly, Simian crease, and moderate to severe INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. Cardiac and gastrointestinal malformations, a marked increase in the incidence of LEUKEMIA, and the early onset of ALZHEIMER DISEASE are also associated with this condition. Pathologic features include the development of NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES in neurons and the deposition of AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN, similar to the pathology of ALZHEIMER DISEASE. (Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p213)

An opioid analgesic that is used as an adjunct in anesthesia, in balanced anesthesia, and as a primary anesthetic agent.

Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with the superposition of flow information as colors on a gray scale in a real-time image. This type of ultrasonography is well-suited to identifying the location of high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region.

Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.

Studies to determine the advantages or disadvantages, practicability, or capability of accomplishing a projected plan, study, or project.

Abnormally rapid heartbeat, usually with a HEART RATE above 100 beats per minute for adults. Tachycardia accompanied by disturbance in the cardiac depolarization (cardiac arrhythmia) is called tachyarrhythmia.

A disorder of cardiac function caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle tissue of the heart. The decreased blood flow may be due to narrowing of the coronary arteries (CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE), to obstruction by a thrombus (CORONARY THROMBOSIS), or less commonly, to diffuse narrowing of arterioles and other small vessels within the heart. Severe interruption of the blood supply to the myocardial tissue may result in necrosis of cardiac muscle (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION).

Morphological and physiological development of EMBRYOS or FETUSES.

The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.

The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.

The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation.

Procedure in which an anesthetic is injected into the epidural space.

Death of the developing young in utero. BIRTH of a dead FETUS is STILLBIRTH.

The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.

The state of PREGNANCY in women with DIABETES MELLITUS. This does not include either symptomatic diabetes or GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE induced by pregnancy (DIABETES, GESTATIONAL) which resolves at the end of pregnancy.

A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.

The visual display of data in a man-machine system. An example is when data is called from the computer and transmitted to a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY or LIQUID CRYSTAL display.

Measurement of intracardiac blood flow using an M-mode and/or two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiogram while simultaneously recording the spectrum of the audible Doppler signal (e.g., velocity, direction, amplitude, intensity, timing) reflected from the moving column of red blood cells.

The thick green-to-black mucilaginous material found in the intestines of a full-term fetus. It consists of secretions of the INTESTINAL GLANDS; BILE PIGMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; and intrauterine debris. It constitutes the first stools passed by a newborn.

An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.

Delivery of the FETUS and PLACENTA under the care of an obstetrician or a health worker. Obstetric deliveries may involve physical, psychological, medical, or surgical interventions.

An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.

Medical problems associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR, such as BREECH PRESENTATION; PREMATURE OBSTETRIC LABOR; HEMORRHAGE; or others. These complications can affect the well-being of the mother, the FETUS, or both.

A spectrum of congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities in BLOOD VESSELS that can adversely affect the normal blood flow in ARTERIES or VEINS. Most are congenital defects such as abnormal communications between blood vessels (fistula), shunting of arterial blood directly into veins bypassing the CAPILLARIES (arteriovenous malformations), formation of large dilated blood blood-filled vessels (cavernous angioma), and swollen capillaries (capillary telangiectases). In rare cases, vascular malformations can result from trauma or diseases.

Clinical conditions caused by an abnormal chromosome constitution in which there is extra or missing chromosome material (either a whole chromosome or a chromosome segment). (from Thompson et al., Genetics in Medicine, 5th ed, p429)

A prenatal ultrasonography measurement of the soft tissue behind the fetal neck. Either the translucent area below the skin in the back of the fetal neck (nuchal translucency) or the distance between occipital bone to the outer skin line (nuchal fold) is measured.

Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in two or more fetal compartments, such as SKIN; PLEURA; PERICARDIUM; PLACENTA; PERITONEUM; AMNIOTIC FLUID. General fetal EDEMA may be of non-immunologic origin, or of immunologic origin as in the case of ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS.

The weight of the FETUS in utero. It is usually estimated by various formulas based on measurements made during PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

A technique of inputting two-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer.

A state of subnormal or depressed cardiac output at rest or during stress. It is a characteristic of CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, including congenital, valvular, rheumatic, hypertensive, coronary, and cardiomyopathic. The serious form of low cardiac output is characterized by marked reduction in STROKE VOLUME, and systemic vasoconstriction resulting in cold, pale, and sometimes cyanotic extremities.

The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the left HEART VENTRICLE. Its measurement is an important aspect of the clinical evaluation of patients with heart disease to determine the effects of the disease on cardiac performance.

Period of contraction of the HEART, especially of the HEART VENTRICLES.

Drugs that stimulate contraction of the myometrium. They are used to induce LABOR, OBSTETRIC at term, to prevent or control postpartum or postabortion hemorrhage, and to assess fetal status in high risk pregnancies. They may also be used alone or with other drugs to induce abortions (ABORTIFACIENTS). Oxytocics used clinically include the neurohypophyseal hormone OXYTOCIN and certain prostaglandins and ergot alkaloids. (From AMA Drug Evaluations, 1994, p1157)

Rhythmic, intermittent propagation of a fluid through a BLOOD VESSEL or piping system, in contrast to constant, smooth propagation, which produces laminar flow.

Measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.

Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.

RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm.

A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal Company.

A pumping mechanism that duplicates the output, rate, and blood pressure of the natural heart. It may replace the function of the entire heart or a portion of it, and may be an intracorporeal, extracorporeal, or paracorporeal heart. (Dorland, 28th ed)

Heart failure caused by abnormal myocardial contraction during SYSTOLE leading to defective cardiac emptying.

In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.

Expulsion of the product of FERTILIZATION before completing the term of GESTATION and without deliberate interference.

Treatment process involving the injection of fluid into an organ or tissue.

Computer-assisted processing of electric, ultrasonic, or electronic signals to interpret function and activity.

The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body.

The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.

A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease that is characterized by ventricular dilation, VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, and HEART FAILURE. Risk factors include SMOKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; and mutations in the LMNA gene encoding LAMIN TYPE A, a NUCLEAR LAMINA protein.

NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).

The age of the mother in PREGNANCY.

A syndrome of defective gonadal development in phenotypic females associated with the karyotype 45,X (or 45,XO). Patients generally are of short stature with undifferentiated GONADS (streak gonads), SEXUAL INFANTILISM, HYPOGONADISM, webbing of the neck, cubitus valgus, elevated GONADOTROPINS, decreased ESTRADIOL level in blood, and CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS. NOONAN SYNDROME (also called Pseudo-Turner Syndrome and Male Turner Syndrome) resembles this disorder; however, it occurs in males and females with a normal karyotype and is inherited as an autosomal dominant.

General or unspecified injuries to the heart.

Graphic monitoring of labour. (1/866)

The parturograph is a composite record designed for the monitoring of fetal and maternal well-being and the progress of labour. It permits the early recognition of abnormalities and pinpoints the patients who would benefit most from intervention. Observations are made from the time of admission of the mother to the caseroom and recorded graphically. Factors assessed include fetal heart rate, maternal vital signs and urine, cervical dilatation, descent of the presenting fetal part, and frequency, duration and intensity of uterine contractions. (+info)

Restriction of placental and fetal growth in sheep alters fetal blood pressure responses to angiotensin II and captopril. (2/866)

1. We have measured arterial blood pressure between 115 and 145 days gestation in normally grown fetal sheep (control group; n = 16) and in fetal sheep in which growth was restricted by experimental restriction of placental growth and development (PR group; n = 13). There was no significant difference in the mean gestational arterial blood pressure between the PR (42.7 +/- 2.6 mmHg) and control groups (37.7 +/- 2.3 mmHg). Mean arterial blood pressure and arterial PO2 were significantly correlated in control animals (r = 0.53, P < 0.05, n = 16), but not in the PR group. 2. There were no changes in mean arterial blood pressure in either the PR or control groups in response to captopril (7.5 microg captopril min-1; PR group n = 7, control group n = 6) between 115 and 125 days gestation. After 135 days gestation, there was a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in the fetal arterial blood pressure in the PR group but not in the control group during the captopril infusion (15 microg captopril min-1; PR group n = 7, control group n = 6). 3. There was a significant effect (F = 14.75; P < 0.001) of increasing doses of angiotensin II on fetal diastolic blood pressure in the PR and control groups. The effects of angiotensin II were different (F = 8.67; P < 0.05) in the PR and control groups at both gestational age ranges. 4. These data indicate that arterial blood pressure may be maintained by different mechanisms in growth restricted fetuses and normally grown counterparts and suggests a role for the fetal renin-angiotensin system in the maintenance of blood pressure in growth restricted fetuses. (+info)

Heart specific expression of mouse BMP-10 a novel member of the TGF-beta superfamily. (3/866)

Here we report the cloning and expression of murine BMP-10, a novel member of the TGF-beta superfamily. In the mouse embryo, BMP-10 expression begins at 9.0 d.p.c. and is restricted to the developing heart. Initially, BMP-10 expression localizes to the trabeculated part of the common ventricular chamber and to the bulbus cordis region. After 12.5 d.p.c., additional BMP-10 expression is seen in the atrial wall. The data presented here suggest that BMP-10 plays an important role in trabeculation of the embryonic heart. (+info)

YAC complementation shows a requirement for Wt1 in the development of epicardium, adrenal gland and throughout nephrogenesis. (4/866)

The Wilms' Tumour gene WT1 has important functions during development. Knock-out mice were shown to have defects in the urogenital system and to die at embryonic day E13.5, probably due to heart failure. Using a lacZ reporter gene inserted into a YAC construct, we demonstrate that WT1 is expressed in the early proepicardium, the epicardium and the subepicardial mesenchymal cells (SEMC). Lack of WT1 leads to severe defects in the epicardial layer and a concomitant absence of SEMCs, which explains the pericardial bleeding and subsequent embryonic death observed in Wt1 null embryos. We further show that a human-derived WT1 YAC construct is able to completely rescue heart defects, but only partially rescues defects in the urogenital system. Analysis of the observed hypoplastic kidneys demonstrate a continuous requirement for WT1 during nephrogenesis, in particular, in the formation of mature glomeruli. Finally, we show that the development of adrenal glands is also severely affected in partially rescued embryos. These data demonstrate a variety of new functions for WT1 and suggest a general requirement for this protein in the formation of organs derived from the intermediate mesoderm. (+info)

Cardiac blood flow studies in fetuses with homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1 at 12-13 weeks of gestation. (5/866)

OBJECTIVE: Fetuses affected by homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1 develop anemia as early as the first trimester. Our objective was to study hemodynamic indices in affected fetuses at 12-13 weeks of gestation to determine whether these would be useful in the prediction of anemia. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SUBJECTS: Women referred before 14 weeks of gestation for the prenatal diagnosis of homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1. METHODS: Transabdominal and/or transvaginal Doppler sonography was performed to measure the flow velocities in the fetal ascending aorta and pulmonary artery at 12-13 weeks. The Doppler indices were compared between those that were subsequently confirmed to be affected by homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1 and those that were unaffected. RESULTS: Between June 1997 and April 1998, 60 eligible women were recruited. Doppler examination was successful in 58 fetuses. Of these, 22 were subsequently confirmed to be affected by homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1. The diagnosis was made by chorionic villus sampling and DNA analysis in two affected fetuses and by cordocentesis and hemoglobin evaluation in 20 affected fetuses. Hemoglobin concentrations could be measured in ten fetuses and these ranged from 4 to 8 g/dl. The affected fetuses had significantly higher peak velocities at the pulmonary valve and ascending aorta and a larger inner diameter of the pulmonary valve than that in unaffected fetuses. The total cardiac output was increased by one-third in affected fetuses and was mainly due to an increase of the right-side cardiac output. CONCLUSION: In the early stage of anemia, the fetus responds mainly by increasing its right-side cardiac output. However, there is extensive overlap of the values of cardiac output between the affected and the unaffected fetuses, precluding its use in the prediction of anemia. (+info)

Characteristics of blood flow in intrauterine growth-restricted fetuses with hypercoiled cord. (6/866)

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the characteristics of fetoplacental blood flow of growth-restricted fetuses with hypercoiled umbilical cord. SUBJECTS: Eight growth-restricted fetuses with hypercoiled cord. METHODS: Flow velocity waveforms of the umbilical cord artery and vein, fetal abdominal aorta and fetal inferior vena cava were analyzed. RESULTS: The resistance index in the umbilical artery in the hypercoiled cases was lower than that in normal fetuses. Early-diastolic reversed flow was observed in the abdominal aorta in some cases. In all cases, umbilical venous pulsation was observed in the entire cord until delivery. In one case, fetal heart failure occurred, resulting in pre-mature delivery. An atrophic type of single umbilical artery was observed in four cases. CONCLUSION: Fetal blood flow disturbance caused by a hypercoiled umbilical cord may be a cause of growth restriction. (+info)

Prevalence of aneuploidy with a cardiac intraventricular echogenic focus in an at-risk patient population. (7/866)

The objective of this study was to determine the relative risk for aneuploidy in the presence of a cardiac intraventricular echogenic focus in a patient population at high risk for aneuploidy. A retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients referred to a fetal diagnostic center who were undergoing amniocentesis. Records and second trimester sonograms were reviewed. Approximately 5100 comprehensive prenatal sonograms were obtained over a 2 year study period. Karyotyping by amniocentesis was done in 2412 women; 84 of the karyotypes (3.5%) were abnormal. Fetuses with no ultrasonographic findings suggestive of aneuploidy had a 1.4% (28 of 1940) prevalence of significant chromosomal abnormalities. An intraventricular echogenic focus was found in 149 of the women with karyotype analysis; 15 had an abnormal karyotype. Fetuses with intraventricular echogenic foci had a relative risk of 3.30 of aneuploidy when compared to fetuses without echogenic cardiac foci. The presence of an isolated intraventricular echogenic focus carried a relative risk of 4.08 compared to those fetuses in which ultrasonography had no finding associated with aneuploidy. In conclusion, these preliminary data indicate that presence of an intraventricular echogenic cardiac focus carries an increased risk of fetal aneuploidy. (+info)

Loss of a gp130 cardiac muscle cell survival pathway is a critical event in the onset of heart failure during biomechanical stress. (8/866)

Biomechanical stress is a major stimulus for cardiac hypertrophy and the transition to heart failure. By generating mice that harbor a ventricular restricted knockout of the gp130 cytokine receptor via Cre-IoxP-mediated recombination, we demonstrate a critical role for a gp130-dependent myocyte survival pathway in the transition to heart failure. Such conditional mutant mice have normal cardiac structure and function, but during aortic pressure overload, these mice display rapid onset of dilated cardiomyopathy and massive induction of myocyte apoptosis versus the control mice that exhibit compensatory hypertrophy. Thus, cardiac myocyte apoptosis is a critical point in the transition between compensatory cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. gp130-dependent cytokines may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for preventing in vivo heart failure. (+info)

Congenital heart disease. *Fetal-maternal transfusion. *Dehydration. *Perinatal asphyxia. *Anemia. *Placental hemorrhage ...

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The fetal origins hypothesis states that fetal undernutrition is linked with coronary heart disease later in adult life due to ... It has been documented that fetal cells such as fetal erythroblasts as well as cell-free fetal DNA are increased in the ... Fetal complications include fetal growth restriction and potential fetal or perinatal death.[15] ... "Fetal origins of coronary heart disease". British Medical Journal. 311 (6998): 171-74. doi:10.1136/bmj.311.6998.171. PMC ...

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This test asseses fetal heart rate in response to uterine contractions via electronic fetal monitoring. Uterine activity is ... Late decelerations in fetal heart rate occurring during uterine contractions are associated with increased fetal death rate, ... Fetal Heart Monitoring: Principles and Practices (3rd ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-7575-6234-1. ... A CST is one type of antenatal fetal surveillance technique. During uterine contractions, fetal oxygenation is worsened. ...

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Conversely, the fetal heart pumps low oxygen, nutrient-depleted blood through the umbilical arteries back to the placenta. The ... "Fetal Circulation". www.heart.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018. Kiserud, T.; ... This is sometimes related to fetal abnormalities, but it may also occur without accompanying problems. It is unusual for a vein ... the proximal part of an umbilical cord refers to the segment closest to the embryo or fetus in embryology and fetal medicine, ...

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"Fetal Keepsake Videos". Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 2011-05-21. "Statement on Measurement of the Fetal Heart Rate ... fetal heart function, volume evaluation, fetal lung maturity, and general fetus well being. Second-trimester ultrasound ... Fetal number, including number of amnionic sacs and chorionic sacs for multiple gestations Fetal cardiac activity Fetal ... Doppler sonography can be used to evaluate the pulsations in the fetal heart and bloods vessels for signs of abnormalities. ...

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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Monitoring the fetal heart rate is becoming increasingly prevalent in the standard care of ... "Antenatal foetal heart monitoring". Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Antenatal Fetal Surveillance. ... Wearable optical heart rate monitors are less reliable than electrode-based heart rate monitors. The accuracy of the wearable ... A generic cardiac monitor has the following functions: A display of heart rate and heart rhythm Sound alarms above and below a ...

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... the heart stops and the fetus dies as a result. Generally, the fetal material is reabsorbed into the woman's body. While the ... Evans, Mark I.; Kaufman, Marion I.; Urban, Anita J.; Britt, David W.; Fletcher, John C. (2004). "Fetal Reduction from Twins to ... The most common method is to inject potassium chloride into the fetus's heart; ... "Differences between selective termination of pregnancy and fetal reduction in multiple pregnancy: A narrative review". ...

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"The effect of cigarette smoking on fetal heart rate characteristics". Obstetrics and Gynecology. 99 (5 Pt 1): 751-5. doi: ... particularly congenital heart defects (structural defects in the heart of an infant that can hinder blood flow) than women who ... This increase in body fat may result from the effect smoking during pregnancy, which is thought to impact fetal genetic ... any affliction related to the heart but most commonly the thickening of arteries due to excess fat build-up). Studies indicate ...

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... the heart stops and the fetus dies as a result. Generally, the fetal material is reabsorbed into the woman's body.[3] ... Evans, MI; Andriole, S; Britt, DW (2014). "Fetal reduction: 25 years' experience". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 35 (2): 69-82. ... Once the specific fetuses to be reduced are identified, potassium chloride is injected into the heart of each selected fetus ... in which potassium chloride is injected into the heart of each selected fetus under the guidance of ultrasound imaging.[3] ...

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"The effect of cigarette smoking on fetal heart rate characteristics". Obstet Gynecol. 99 (5 Pt 1): 751-5. doi:10.1016/S0029- ... Prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). The most severe form of FASD is fetal alcohol ... From the third month to the end of nine months is the period of fetal maturation. Intake of drugs during this period may modify ... Pregnancy and fetal development progress through various changes. The period of one week from fertilisation to implantation of ...

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Hess began working on a fetal heart monitor in the 1930s as a research fellow at Yale University due to his frustration with ... Orvan W. Hess, 96, Dies; Developed Fetal Heart Monitor". New York Times. with "Obituary Corrections". New York Times. October 6 ... Dervan, Andrew (September 18, 2002). "Orvan Hess, inventor of fetal heart monitor, dies at age 96". Yale Daily News. Archived ... Orvan Hess, who helped develop fetal heart monitor, dies at 96". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 31 (12). November 22, 2002. ...

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Embryonic Heart Rate, Gestational Sac Diameter and Yolk Sac Diameter at 6-10 Weeks". Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 28 (4): 207- ... Karki DB, Sharmqa UK, Rauniyar RK (2006). "Study of accuracy of commonly used fetal parameters for estimation of gestational ... a yolk sac should be seen when the gestational sac is 20mm and a fetal pole should be seen when the gestational sac reaches ...

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CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Sontag, L. W. (1936). "Changes in the Rate of the Human Fetal Heart in Response to ... In a series of 214 tests conducted on 7 pregnant women, a reliable increase in fetal movement was detected in the minute ... Forbes, H. S.; Forbes, H. B. (1927). "Fetal sense reaction: Hearing". Journal of Comparative Psychology. 7 (5): 353-355. doi: ...

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Fetal heart rate monitoring. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2003. ISBN 9780781735247. "Ty-Rap Celebrates 50 Years!". THOMAS & ... 1952 Artificial heart An artificial heart is implanted into the body to replace the biological heart. On July 3, 1952, 41-year- ... 1958 Doppler fetal monitor A heartbeat doppler, also called a doppler fetal monitor or doppler fetal heartbeat monitor, is a ... The Jarvik heart was not banned for permanent use. Since 1982, more than 350 people have received the Jarvik heart as a bridge ...

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A 2009 randomised controlled study demonstrated for the first time the direct effects of atosiban on fetal movement, heart rate ... heart rate and blood flow". J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 22 (6): 485-90. doi:10.1080/14767050802702349. PMID 19479644. S2CID ... de Heus R, Mulder EJ, Derks JB, Visser GH (June 2009). "The effects of the tocolytics atosiban and nifedipine on fetal ... In addition, the baby must have a normal heart rate. Atosiban is a nonapeptide, desamino-oxytocin analogue, and a competitive ...

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2012). Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 1. ISBN 978-1451171709. Rothman, Barbara Katz (1993). ...

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In addition, the developing fetal brain is also vulnerable, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) may result if pregnant ... "Alcohol intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in the Spanish EPIC cohort study". Heart. 96 (2): 124-30. doi:10.1136/hrt ... involving hypertrophy of the musculature of the heart that can lead to congestive heart failure. Alcoholics may have anemia ... Fetal alcohol exposure is the leading known cause of intellectual disability in the Western world. Alcohol consumption during ...

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"Fetal Circulation". www.heart.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018.. ... Conversely, the fetal heart pumps low oxygen containing blood, nutrient-depleted blood through the umbilical arteries back to ... Connection to fetal circulatory systemEdit. The umbilical cord enters the fetus via the abdomen, at the point which (after ... Kiserud, T.; Acharya, G. (2004). "The fetal circulation". Prenatal Diagnosis. 24 (13): 1049-1059. doi:10.1002/pd.1062. PMID ...

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In breech presentation, fetal heart sounds are heard just above the umbilicus. ... Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 23: 506-10. doi:10.3109/14767050903214590. PMID 19718582.. *^ "Academic Achievement Varies With ... fetal tissue. Chorionic villus sampling. Amniocentesis. blood. Triple test. Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling. Apt ... "American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. March 2014. Archived from the ...

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Obstetric: Pseudo-sinusoidal fetal heart rhythm. Other possible, but rare side effects include speech difficulty, urinary ...

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Abuhamad, Alfred Z.; Chaoui, Rabih (2012-03-28). A Practical Guide to Fetal Echocardiography: Normal and Abnormal Hearts. ... Heart valves. References[edit]. *^ a b c d e f "Pulmonary atresia: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia". www.nlm.nih.gov. ... In congenital heart defects such as pulmonary atresia, structural abnormalities can include the valves of the heart, and the ... Another example of preliminary treatment is heart catheterization to evaluate the defect or defects of the heart; this ...

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"Bill that bans abortions in Tennessee after fetal heart beat sails through House committee". Tennessean. USA Today Network. ... They tried again in 2018, where they were one of ten states that tried and failed to pass a fetal heartbeat bill. Two fetal ... The so-called "fetal heartbeat" bill is making its way through Senate committees, but easily passed early hurdles. Tuesday's ... Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, would make it a crime to perform an abortion in Tennessee once a fetal heartbeat can be detected - which ...

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Cite uses generic title (help) Mansano, R. Z.; Beall, M. H.; Ross, M. G. (2007). "Fetal ST segment heart rate analysis in labor ... In fetal electrocardiography, ST waveform analysis (sometimes abbreviated STAN) is used to get an indication of increasing ... Improvement of intervention criteria using interpolated base deficit". Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 20 (1 ... levels of fetal base deficit. Sabatine MS (2000). Pocket Medicine (Pocket Notebook). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817 ...

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Fetal heart patterns and their clinical interpretation (PDF). Sonicaid. OCLC 429786231. "Image of foetal monitoring system, ... "Ultrasonic foetal heart monitor, England, 1973-1978". Science Museum. Retrieved 2019-10-09. Health and Social Service Journal, ... D205 and D206 which provided audible output of fetal heart sounds. The original design was due to Frederick (Doug) Fielder who ... enabling clinical interpretation of changes in fetal heart rate during contractions. The FM3R received U.S. Food and Drug ...

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Lin, C. L., Liu, T. Y., Wu, H. C., Young, S. T., Lee, M. H., & Kuo, T. S. (1996). The design of a portable fetal heart rate and ... Lin, C. L., Wu, H. C., Liu, T. Y., Lee, M. H., Luo, T. S., & Young, S. T. (1997). A portable monitor for fetal heart rate and ...

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Fetal renin-angiotensin system[edit]. In the fetus, the renin-angiotensin system is predominantly a sodium-losing system,[ ... "High Blood Pressure: Heart and Blood Vessel Disorders". Merck Manual Home Edition.. ... These drugs are one of the primary ways to control high blood pressure, heart failure, kidney failure, and harmful effects of ... In the adrenal glands, it is likely involved in the paracrine regulation of aldosterone secretion; in the heart and vasculature ...

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Then, they could reliably identify fetal DNA, which would in turn allow them to diagnose certain fetal genetic conditions such ... T]he panel's decision striking down Sequenom's noninvasive prenatal test strikes at the very heart of the patent system. ... detecting the presence of a paternally inherited nucleic acid of fetal origin in the sample.. ... The point of the invention is that the inventors discovered in 1996 that fetal DNA might be floating around in the mother's ...

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Biomechanical factors include fetal head constraint during pregnancy.[27] It has been found by Jacob et al. that constraint ... heart, central nervous system or the respiratory tract,[12] you may speak of a syndromic form of craniosynostosis. More than ... Fibroblast growth factor and fibroblast growth factor receptors regulate fetal bone growth and are expressed in cranial sutures ... BMP-4 and Noggin in craniosynostosis induced by fetal constraint". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 58 (2): 215-21. doi:10.1097/01. ...

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"Global Heart. 14 (3): 215-240. doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2019.07.009. ISSN 2211-8179. PMID 31451236.. ... The nutritional status of a mother during fetal development may also play a role, with one proposed mechanism being that of DNA ... Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, diabetic ketoacidosis, heart disease, strokes, diabetic retinopathy, kidney failure, ... Gardner, C; Wylie-Rosett, J; Gidding, SS; Steffen, LM; Johnson, RK; Reader, D; Lichtenstein, AH; American Heart Association ...

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... one above the fetal heart, to monitor heart rate and the other at the fundus of the uterus to measure frequency of contractions ... Moderate baseline fetal heart rate variability reflects the delivery of oxygen to the fetal central nervous system. Its ... or Sinusoidal fetal heart rate FIGO has recently modified the guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring, proposing following ... The fetal heart rate and the activity of the uterine muscle are detected by two transducers placed on the mother's abdomen ( ...

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"Heart Views. 4 (2).. copy Archived 30 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine. ... "Heart Views. 5 (2): 74-85 [80]. 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013.. ... The anesthesiologist's role during surgery is to prevent derangement in the vital organs' (i.e. brain, heart, kidneys) ... that deals with pain and symptom relief and emotional support in patients with terminal illnesses including cancer and heart ...

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Röntgen discovered X-rays' medical use when he made a picture of his wife's hand on a photographic plate formed due to X-rays. The photograph of his wife's hand was the first ever photograph of a human body part using X-rays. When she saw the picture, she said, "I have seen my death."[28] The first use of X-rays under clinical conditions was by John Hall-Edwards in Birmingham, England on 11 January 1896, when he radiographed a needle stuck in the hand of an associate. On 14 February 1896, Hall-Edwards also became the first to use X-rays in a surgical operation.[29] The United States saw its first medical X-ray obtained using a discharge tube of Ivan Pulyui's design. In January 1896, on reading of Röntgen's discovery, Frank Austin of Dartmouth College tested all of the discharge tubes in the physics laboratory and found that only the Pulyui tube produced X-rays. This was a result of Pulyui's inclusion of an oblique "target" of mica, used for holding samples of fluorescent material, within the ...

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... fetal death also occurs in nearly all those cases. Abortion decreases the risk of death to the mother.[24] Some survivors ... "An Effective Approach to High Blood Pressure Control: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association, the American ... "A prospective study of maternal and fetal outcome in acute Lassa fever infection during pregnancy". BMJ. 297 (6648): 584-7. ...

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... impairs left ventricular development, which can lead to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. If untreated, ... HLHS is lethal, as a result of the inability of the left heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal organ function. In fetal ... In this procedure, fetal positioning is crucial. It is important that the left chest is located anteriorly, and that there are ... Fetal aortic stenosis is a disorder that occurs when the fetus' aortic valve does not fully open during development. The aortic ...

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The physical examination typically includes an assessment of volume state, blood pressure, heart, lungs, peripheral arteries, ...

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Khlat M (December 1989). "Inbreeding effects on fetal growth in Beirut, Lebanon". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 80 ... Nabulsi MM, Tamim H, Sabbagh M, Obeid MY, Yunis KA, Bitar FF (February 2003). "Parental consanguinity and congenital heart ... congenital heart defects, congenital hydrocephalus and neural tube defects.[65] Furthermore, among inbred children in Palestine ... there is an increased risk for congenital heart disease depending on the inbreeding coefficient (See coefficient of inbreeding ...

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It formed the heart of the Playfair Museum collection when the Playfair building opened in 1832, and much of it remains on ... There are casts showing foetal development and the anatomy and pathology of the intestine. ...

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"BabySIM can produce heart, bowel and breath sounds, including bilateral chest excursion and seesaw breathing."[39] ... This pregnant patient simulator is meant for child birthing simulations and is a Maternal Fetal Simulator. It was created for ... The SimMan mannequin is capable of speech, heart rate control, respiration and a host of other controls to make it a realistic ... "Fidelis Lucina is the only childbirth simulator with validated maternal-fetal physiology. The physiological modeling allows ...

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PCOS, coronary heart disease, stroke and the influence of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum. Reprod. Update. ... Androgen excess fetal programming of female reproduction: a developmental aetiology for polycystic ovary syndrome?. Hum. Reprod ...

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Additionally, severe cerebral hypoxia causes an elevated heart rate, and in extreme cases the heart may tire and stop pumping. ... Hypoxic-anoxic events may affect the fetus at various stages of fetal development, during labor and delivery and in the ... CPR, defibrilation, epinephrine, and atropine may all be tried in an effort to get the heart to resume pumping.[8] Severe ... Transient ischemic attack (TIA), is often referred to as a "mini-stroke". The American Heart Association and American Stroke ...

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José Marín-García, Signaling in the Heart, lk 179-217, Chapter 10, Signaling in Congenital Heart Disease, 2011 ... Fetal alcohol syndrome: cardiac birth defects in mice and prevention with folate. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 203: 75 e77-75 e15. ... Genetic regulation of cardiogenesis and congenital heart disease. Annu Rev Pathol, 199-213. ... Congenital Heart Disease, J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002;39(6):1066-1071. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01706-0, veebiversioon (vaadatud ...

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By the fetal stage the sternal bars have completely fused.[3]. The ribs begin as cartilage that later ossifies - a process ... They serve to protect the lungs, heart, and other internal organs of the thorax. In some animals, especially snakes, ribs may ...

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The exact cause is unclear.[1] Risk factors include congenital heart disease, birth asphyxia, exchange transfusion, and ... Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period / fetal disease (P, 760-779) ... Mild systemic disease (apnea, lethargy,[7] slowed heart rate, temperature instability). *Mild intestinal signs (abdominal ... Preterm birth, congenital heart disease, birth asphyxia, exchange transfusion, prolonged rupture of membranes[1]. ...

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Section: Changes in the Fetal Circulation and Occlusion of Fetal Vessels after Birth". Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of ... Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 280 (5): H2182-8. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.5.H2182. PMID 11299220.. ... Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 278 (4): H1069-74. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.4.H1069. PMID 10749699.. ... It also plays a role in the constriction and eventual occlusion of a number of other fetal vessels, including the umbilical ...

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A major fetal growth factor in contrast to Insulin-like growth factor 1, which is a major growth factor in adults."[5] ... A major fetal growth factor in contrast to Insulin-like growth factor 1, which is a major growth factor in adults. ... It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to Insulin-like growth factor 1, which is a major growth factor in ... As IGF2 promotes development of fetal pancreatic beta cells, it is believed to be related to some forms of diabetes mellitus. ...

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"Domperidone - heart rate and rhythm disorders." Canadian adverse reactions newsletter. Government of Canada. January 2007 17(1) ... A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 442-. ISBN 978-1-4511-5359-0.. ... A clinical sign of domperidone's potential toxicity to the heart is the prolongation (lengthening) of the QT interval (a ... segment of the heart's electrical pattern).[21] Functional dyspepsia[edit]. Domperidone may be used in functional dyspepsia in ...

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... anti-Ro antibodies can cross the placenta and cause heart block[20][21] and neonatal lupus in babies.[22] In Sjögren's syndrome ... "Factors influencing fetal cardiac conduction in anti-Ro/SSA-positive pregnancies". Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 56 (10): ... "The prevention, screening and treatment of congenital heart block from neonatal lupus: a survey of provider practices" ...

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... stating that he had retained Samantha's heart. Confronted with this evidence, the hospital promptly returned the heart in 1997 ... December 1994 - Dick van Velzen is restricted to fetal and perinatal work only. On hearing this he takes an unauthorized leave ... A Bristol Heart Children Action Group was set up, and the group embarked on discussions with the hospital to find out how much ... The inquiry was sparked by the death of 11-month-old Samantha Rickard, who died in 1992 while undergoing open-heart surgery at ...

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Recently, there has been an increased interest in utilizing ultrasound equipment in order to detect fetal skull abnormalities ... Cleft palate with high arch Short stature Vertebral fusions Congenital heart problems Speech problems Anal atresia (malformed ... preventing the activation of other genes that would normally be turned on during fetal development. Prenatal diagnosis of ...

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"Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system localization in human fetal heart. ". Hormones (Athens). 2016. PMID 27377597. ...

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Micrograph showing a fetal (placental) vein thrombosis, in a case of fetal thrombotic vasculopathy. This is associated with ... Arun Shourie's son Aditya about whom he has written a book Does He Know a Mother's Heart[173] ... Electronic fetal monitoring has not helped to prevent CP, and in 2014 the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ... Adults with cerebral palsy may have ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, cancer, and trauma more often.[44] Obesity ...

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... a condition characterized by anemia and hemosiderosis in the heart and liver that leads to heart failure and many other ...

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Its important to monitor your babys heart rate and rhythm to make sure the baby is doing well during the third trimester of ... Fetal Heart Monitoring: Whats Normal, Whats Not?. Medically reviewed by Julie Lay - Written by the Healthline Editorial Team ... The fetal heart rate should be between 110 and 160 beats per minute during late pregnancy and labor, according to Johns Hopkins ... Doctors may use internal or external devices to monitor the fetal heart beat. Its most often measured using an ultrasound ...

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Maternal nutrition and fetal growth. In: Ward RHT, Smith SK, Donnai D eds.Early fetal growth and development. London: RCOG ... Because the fetal growth of twins is retarded it has been suggested that they should have an increased risk of coronary heart ... Ischaemic heart disease and low birthweight: a test of the fetal origins hypothesis from the Swedish Twin Registry.Lancet1994; ... Fetal undernutrition and coronary heart disease do not have the same distribution across the world. In China, for example, ...

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Fetal heart rate monitoring measures the heart rate and rhythm of your baby (fetus). This lets your healthcare provider see how ... Fetal Heart Monitoring. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Pinterest Print. What is fetal heart monitoring? Fetal heart rate monitoring ... Fetal heart rate monitoring may be used in other tests, including: * Nonstress test. This measures the fetal heart rate as your ... The average fetal heart rate is between 110 and 160 beats per minute. It can vary by 5 to 25 beats per minute. The fetal heart ...

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AWHONNs Fetal Heart Monitoring Program has an education course for you. As the recognized leader in fetal heart monitoring ... 97% of students who participated in AWHONNs Fetal Heart Monitoring Program stated it would improve their ability to care for ... Step 1: From the main menu, click on Professional Resources and then Fetal Heart Monitoring. ... Antepartum Fetal Assessment Module. *Fetal Heart Monitoring Simulation (FHMSIM) Intermediate. *Fetal Heart Monitoring ...

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They did see an embryo and detected a heart beat. However, they told me by my dates (meaning the date that I last had my peri ... The only things I can find on the internet talk about low fetal heart rate seem like there is a 100% chance of miscarriage. ... The heart rate was fine if I am 5 weeks and 5 days but if I am 6.5 weeks pregnant then it is too low and there is a high risk ... They did see an embryo and detected a heart beat. However, they told me by my dates (meaning the date that I last had my period ...

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PRWEB) June 9, 2005 -- The first 10 Heart Failure patients all over the world who received Embryonic-Fetal Human Stem Cells ... The first 10 Heart Failure patients all over the world who received Embryonic-Fetal Human Stem Cells directly into their hearts ...

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... have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial ... intelligence (AI). This technology could help examiners to avoid missing severe and complex congenital heart abnormalities that ... In general, experts of fetal heart diagnosis seek to find whether certain parts of the heart, such as valves and blood vessels ... "Fetal Heart Screening System," which allows the automatic detection of heart abnormalities from ultrasound images. When there ...

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... the American Heart Association has released a scientific statement that addresses the diagnosis and treatment of fetal cardiac ... Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Source Reference: Donofrio M, et al "Diagnosis and treatment of fetal ... specializing in fetal medicine and the maternal fetal specialist as collaborative caregivers for fetuses with structural heart ... That includes a detailed discussion of the fetal echocardiogram -- the main tool for evaluating fetal cardiac disease -- and ...

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Informed Consent in the setting of complex fetal congenital heart disease such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome involves many ... Informed consent Complex congenital heart disease Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Maternal-fetal conflict Shared decision ... Informed Consent in the setting of complex fetal congenital heart disease such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome involves many ... Prenatal counseling of fetal congenital heart disease. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2017;19:5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar ...

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... fetal heart rate patterns, fetal tachycardia, hyperstimulation, infant mortality, informed consent, Issue 49, Jennifer Enoch, ... is not FDA approved for labor induction and has been linked to uterine rupture and fetal tachycardia. Read more… ...

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Intrauterine congestive heart failure was a feature of four cases in the group with isolated complete heart block and 11 cases ... The outcome in the fetuses with isolated complete heart block was better than in those with heart disease: 12 of the 16 fetuses ... There were 16 cases of isolated heart block and 21 cases associated with structural heart disease. All mothers of fetuses with ... In a series of over 6000 patients referred for fetal echocardiography during an eight year period, 37 fetuses were found to ...

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A hand-held Doppler device assesses the presence of fetal heart pulsations only at that moment, and it is used by midwives and ... Moms-To-Be Warned Over Use Of Fetal Heart Rate Monitors. by Sam Savage ... Following this case, they searched the internet and found that a fetal Doppler device could be hired for £10 a month or bought ... to listen to their babys heartbeat at home over fears that they may lead to delays in seeking help for reduced fetal movements ...

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Once we see a heart beat on the ultrasound there is a very good chance that the pregnancy will continue. (medhelp.org)
However, today, fetal diagnosis depends heavily on observations by experienced examiners using ultrasound imaging, so it is unfortunately not uncommon for children to be born without having been properly diagnosed. (eurekalert.org)
To develop the current system, the researchers used normal heart images to annotate correct positions of 18 different parts of the heart and peripheral organs, and developed a novel "Fetal Heart Screening System," which allows the automatic detection of heart abnormalities from ultrasound images. (eurekalert.org)
The researchers now plan to carry out clinical trials at university hospitals in Japan, adding larger number of fetal ultrasound images to allow the AI to learn more in order to improve the screening accuracy and expand its target. (eurekalert.org)
That includes a detailed discussion of the fetal echocardiogram -- the main tool for evaluating fetal cardiac disease -- and reviews of other tests, including advanced ultrasound, fetal magnetic resonance imaging, and fetal magnetocardiography and electrocardiography. (medpagetoday.com)
They pointed out that "current fetal therapeutic strategies range from maternal administration of medication with transplacental transfer to the fetus [for arrhythmia management] to ultrasound or minimally invasive fetoscopic-guided techniques to invasive open uterine fetal surgery. (medpagetoday.com)
Doppler ultrasound is utilized during pregnancy to reassure mothers of fetal well-being. (bartleby.com)
External fetal monitoring with Doppler ultrasound has limitations for fetal monitoring during labor. (bartleby.com)
Fetal echocardiography is indicated in high risk pregnancies where the chances of fetus having a congenital heart disease (CHD) are likely to be high - for exapmle, in a fetus with extracardiac anomalies picked up on obstetric ultrasound, those with a history of CHD in family, maternal diabetes and maternal connective tissue disorder (Srinivasan,2000). (bartleby.com)
Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Fetal Heart Ultrasound. (medindia.net)
Fetal heart ultrasound is used to view your unborn baby s heart, assess fetal heart circulation, flow of blood in the various chambers of heart and fetal heartbeat. (medindia.net)
Ultrasound during pregnancy is a non-invasive procedure and is an integral part of the fetal monitoring during the pregnancy. (medindia.net)
If a heart abnormality is detected during a routine ultrasound scan, or another medical concern is suspected, you will be referred to our fetal cardiology team. (dukehealth.org)
Our fetal heart experts perform more than 1,000 ultrasound scans each year and use advanced tests to accurately diagnose your baby's possible heart condition as soon as possible. (dukehealth.org)
Fetal echocardiogram is a more sophisticated version of the ultrasound you normally get during pregnancy. (dukehealth.org)
This finding prompted a subsequent fetal ultrasound and echocardiogram. (aacc.org)
Fetal echocardiography (fetal ultrasound or fetal echo), to assess an unborn baby's heart structure, rhythm and function. (chw.org)
All procedures are performed using maternal epidural anesthesia via a percutaneous transabdominal approach under ultrasound guidance with most patients going home the next day, says James Strainic, MD, Director, Fetal Heart Program, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. (uhhospitals.org)
The fetal cardiac intervention team uses a percutaneous, trans-abdominal approach under ultrasound guidance to access the fetal heart through the fetal chest wall, and the indicated procedure is performed. (uhhospitals.org)
Existing fetal monitoring relies on silver chloride electrodes and ultrasound, but the U of Essex device works like an electrometer using so-called Electric Potential Sensing (EPS) technology. (medgadget.com)
An MR-compatible Doppler ultrasound device can work around this problem to capture high-resolution fetal CMR images without a need for post-processing, the team said. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Specifically, in a single-day visit, the patient will undergo state-of-the-art diagnostic testing, which may include ultrasound, echocardiography, and fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and then meet with a team of Mount Sinai and CHOP experts to discuss the presumptive diagnosis and options for treatment. (prweb.com)
A fetal echocardiogram is a highly specialized type of prenatal ultrasound. (archildrens.org)
This unique procedure uses ultrasound guidance and a catheter-based approach to gain access to the fetal heart, subsequently opening the aortic valve using a coronary balloon. (uhhospitals.org)
He also confirmed the absence of a fetal heartbeat with an ultrasound scanner. (hdc.org.nz)
A fetal echocardiogram is a detailed ultrasound performed of the baby's heart before the baby is born. (stroke.org)
The ultrasound waves bounce off the baby's organs, including the heart and are sent back to the camera which then creates a moving picture of the different parts of the heart for the doctor to evaluate. (stroke.org)
Although Doppler ultrasound and cardiotocogram are the typical fetal observation devices, these techniques present some limitations, mainly because of the cost of the monitoring devices and the complexity of their use, demanding an expert during data acquisition. (frontiersin.org)
Background Second trimester routine ultrasound evaluation of the fetal heart by means of the four-chamber view has been proposed for prenatal detection of cardiac anomalies. (ahajournals.org)
Pregnant women without known risk factors who were scheduled for a routine fetal ultrasound examination between 16 and 24 weeks gestation were invited to participate. (ahajournals.org)
The fetal four chamber-view examination was considered abnormal in 7 women who were subsequently referred for extensive fetal ultrasound examination. (ahajournals.org)
With in depth articles, tips, product reviews, and medical information about ultrasound technology, the site aims to fully enlighten parents-to-be about the benefits of fetal heart dopplers, and how they help to make the experience of pregnancy even more wonderful than it already is, said Harris. (webwire.com)
Intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart rate with either a Doppler ultrasound device or a Pinard fetal stethoscope is recommended for healthy pregnant women in labour. (who.int)
There is some evidence to suggest that intermittent auscultation (IA) with a handheld Doppler ultrasound device, cardiotocography (CTG), or strict monitoring with Pinard fetal stethoscope could increase the detection of fetal heart rate (FHR) abnormalities, which may in turn reduce hypoxiaischaemia outcomes. (who.int)
The Hi Bebe BT-200 baby fetal monitors come complete with attached probe, batteries and ultrasound transmission gel (everything you need to start monitoring. (healthchecksystems.com)
The Hi-Bebe BT-200 is a Pocket Sized Ultrasound Fetal Doppler used to detect the fetal heartbeat. (healthchecksystems.com)
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The book contains important chapters concerning current experimentation and research and an invaluable collection of references on ultrasound and the fetal heart. (eurobuch.com)
This book presents original new data along with authoritative analyses and syntheses of all available clinical and research findings on using ultrasound to investigate the fetal heart and evaluate fetal cardiac function. (eurobuch.com)
An ultrasound cannot diagnose long QT syndrome, and EKGs aren't effective in measuring fetal electrical activity because of the vernix, an insulating, wax-like coating that protects the skin of the fetus. (healthcanal.com)
From around 5.5 to 6.5 weeks, it is possible to see the fetal heartbeat with a trans-vaginal ultrasound . (bubhub.com.au)
The aim of the study to evaluate Five-Dimensional Ultrasound in automated assessment of the fetal heart from 20-36 weeks of gestation. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Two-Dimensional Ultrasound and Five-Dimensional Ultrasound will be done for all cases for assessment of fetal Heart. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Monitoring a fetus by fetal hr, ultrasound or the expectant woman's perception of activity is important. (healthtap.com)
A routine prenatal ultrasound has discovered possible heart abnormalities. (umms.org)
The following 3D ultrasound images were taken at different stages of pregnancy: Play media 3D Ultrasound of fetal movements at 12 weeks 75-mm fetus (about 14 weeks' gestational age) Fetus at 17 weeks Fetus at 20 weeks A gestational sac can be reliably seen on transvaginal ultrasound by 5 weeks' gestational age (approximately 3 weeks after ovulation). (wikipedia.org)

In a series of over 6000 patients referred for fetal echocardiography during an eight year period, 37 fetuses were found to have complete heart block. (bmj.com)
Fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG), which can diagnose fetal heart rhythm abnormalities more accurately than fetal echocardiography. (chw.org)
When echocardiography results are unclear, fetal cardiovascular MRI (CMR) can yield valuable information about congenital heart defects, leading a treatment or management decision changes in more than 80 percent of cases, a new study reports. (diagnosticimaging.com)
In this study, fetal CMR added clinically useful information to echocardiography in referred cases and was a useful complement to fetal echocardiography for evaluating cardiac function and both intracardiac and vascular anatomy in [congenital heart defects]," said the team led by Daniel Salehi, M.D., doctoral student in clinical physiology at Lund University. (diagnosticimaging.com)
To determine how well fetal CMR performed subsequent to inconclusive echocardiography studies - and whether any new information directed parental decisions - Salehi's team examined results from 31 fetuses, with an average gestational age of 36 weeks, who were referred for fetal CMR at Skåne University Hospital between January 2017 and June 2020. (diagnosticimaging.com)
But, even with these benefits with fetal CMR, there is still a role for echocardiography, said Bhawna Arya, M.D., attending physician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Seattle Children's Hospital in an accompanying editorial . (diagnosticimaging.com)
Fetal echocardiography is useful for identifying CHDs as early as 12 weeks' gestation - fetal CMR is relegated to later gestation and larger fetal size, she said. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Although fetal CMR provides an appealing opportunity for advanced, late gestation imaging, fetal echocardiography remains the gold standard for early and accurate in utero diagnosis and monitoring of congenital heart disease and other fetal cardiovascular diseases," she said. (diagnosticimaging.com)
The affiliation includes the Fetal Heart Program, which aims to diagnose congenital heart disease as early as 12-14 weeks gestation utilizing fetal echocardiography. (prweb.com)
The Children's Heart Center offers exceptional pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgical services, including echocardiography, exercise testing, Holter monitoring, interventional cardiology and angiography, and cardiovascular genetics. (prweb.com)
The Fetal Heart Program at CHOP is one of the first programs in the world to begin incorporating provocative testing with maternal hyperoxygenation in our fetal echocardiography imaging suite. (chop.edu)
Utilizing Fetal Intelligent Navigation Echocardiography (FINE), 5D Heart can help improve the performance of fetal echocardiography by shortening the examination time, providing the nine standard cardiac planes which are necessary to examine the fetal heart thoroughly," said Dr. Lami Yeo, Associate Professor and Director of Fetal Cardiology at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Wayne State University's School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. (mcadcafe.com)
Although it was once considered to be difficult and unreliable, successful detection of this condition by way of fetal echocardiography has been well documented. (springer.com)
Pregnant women (N = 102) were prospectively recruited for fetal two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography. (ovid.com)
Determination of fetal LV rotational mechanics is feasible and reproducible using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography. (ovid.com)
Fetal aortic valve stenosis can be diagnosed by echocardiography before birth. (wikipedia.org)

Fetal heart rate monitoring measures the heart rate and rhythm of your baby (fetus). (hopkinsmedicine.org)
The heart rate of the FETUS. (fpnotebook.com)
Recognizing the fetus as a patient, the American Heart Association (AHA) has released a scientific statement that addresses the diagnosis and treatment of fetal cardiac disease. (medpagetoday.com)
Fetal medicine specialists are now being asked to consider the fetus as a patient and the transition to postnatal life an important part of individualized care. (medpagetoday.com)
Consultation with a fetal cardiologist (who specializes in care of the fetus with heart abnormalities) to discuss the diagnosis and treatment options. (chw.org)
A routine prenatal scan of a 22-week-old fetus at University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital detected an abnormal aortic valve, leading to a diagnosis of impending hypoplastic left heart syndrome, as well as severe mitral regurgitation. (uhhospitals.org)
The mother and her unborn fetus were seen immediately following the fetal echo by members of the Congenital Heart Collaborative's Fetal Cardiac Intervention team - including physicians from UH Rainbow Babies & Children's and UH MacDonald Women's hospitals, and Nationwide Children's Hospital. (uhhospitals.org)
Existing standards of fetal monitoring estimate the fetus and the mother physiology with repetitive examinations. (frontiersin.org)
Vibroacoustic stimulation of the fetus in labor was previously shown to result in a transient fetal heart rate (FHR) tachycardia followed by a return to prestimulation FHR pattern. (biomedsearch.com)
Usage FD-200D ultrasonic fetal doppler meets the fetus daily check and routine examination at home , clinic,community and hospital. (frbiz.com)
Due to contractions, which temporarily limit the flow of oxygen to the fetus, the baby's heart rate will naturally change during birth . (howstuffworks.com)
Finally, the device used today to monitor subtle changes in the fetal heartbeat during labor must be attached to the fetus itself, but the new product would be noninvasive. (northdenvernews.com)
It's an abnormal heart rhythm in the heart of a fetus. (healthtap.com)
Is an irregular heart beat in fetus always fibrillation? (healthtap.com)
In animals that give live birth, the fetal circulation is the circulatory system of a fetus. (wikipedia.org)
The circulatory system, consisting of the heart and blood vessels, forms relatively early during embryonic development, and continues to develop in complexity within the growing fetus. (wikipedia.org)
Fetal aortic stenosis is a disorder that occurs when the fetus' aortic valve does not fully open during development. (wikipedia.org)
An 11.5 cm long, 19-gauge cannula and stylet needle passes through the mother's abdomen, uterine wall, and fetal chest wall into the left ventricle of the fetus. (wikipedia.org)

It's important to monitor your baby's heart rate and rhythm to make sure the baby is doing well during the third trimester of your pregnancy and during labor. (healthline.com)
The fetal heart rate should be between 110 and 160 beats per minute during late pregnancy and labor, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library . (healthline.com)
Your healthcare provider may do fetal heart monitoring during late pregnancy and labor. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Fetal heart rate monitoring is especially helpful if you have a high-risk pregnancy. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
In this week's BMJ, Dr Thomas Aust and colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral describe the case of a 27 year old woman who presented to their labour ward 32 weeks into her first pregnancy with reduced fetal movements. (redorbit.com)
Research has given us new insights and a better understanding of fetal growth in pregnancy. (bartleby.com)
If your baby is diagnosed with a heart defect, we offer every resource you need for your pregnancy, your delivery at Duke University Hospital, and to help you prepare for your baby's treatment before and after birth. (dukehealth.org)
Identifying congenital heart defects requires precise screening performed by experts, like those at Duke, who are trained to recognize congenital heart defects as early as the first 12 weeks of your pregnancy. (dukehealth.org)
If a heart defect is found, your pediatric cardiologist will discuss the diagnosis and its implications for your pregnancy and delivery, and recommend a treatment plan for your baby. (dukehealth.org)
We know pregnancy can be stressful when your unborn child has a heart problem. (dukehealth.org)
The highest prevalence of coronary heart disease was in people who weighed 2.5 kg or less at birth and whose mothers weighed less than 45 kg during pregnancy. (nih.gov)
If you are experiencing a complicated pregnancy, pediatric cardiology experts at Loyola Medicine are skilled at precisely monitoring the development of your baby's heart. (loyolamedicine.org)
During a complicated pregnancy, a regular fetal cardiology consultation may simply provide the reassurance you need that your baby's heart is developing as it should, without complication. (loyolamedicine.org)
Hundreds of families each year trust experts with the Fetal Heart Program within the Herma Heart Institute at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin to provide the best possible care through pregnancy, birth and beyond for babies with congenital heart disease . (chw.org)
Appropriate patient selection involves evaluation not only of the fetal cardiac defect, but also of the pregnancy as a whole. (uhhospitals.org)
Beginning as early as the eighth week of pregnancy, you and your health care provider may be able to detect your baby's heart rate. (pregnancy-info.net)
The paper is focused on monitoring procedures applied to fetal heart rate variability (FHRV) signals, collected during pregnancy, in order to assess fetal well-being. (hindawi.com)
An increasing proportion of women with heart disease now go through pregnancy and childbirth. (clinicaltrials.gov)
The expected outcome of the project is to increase the knowledge of optimal diagnosis and treatment of women with heart disease that go through pregnancy to be able to improve clinical care and the outcomes for mother and baby. (clinicaltrials.gov)
In addition, heart disease in pregnancy is associated to an increased rate of fetal growth restriction, premature birth, preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications for the mother and the baby. (clinicaltrials.gov)
As many women with congenital or acquired heart disease now go through pregnancy and childbirth, more knowledge about the risk of complications and adverse outcomes for the mother and the baby is needed to guide clinical care in this diverse patient group. (clinicaltrials.gov)
The National Unit for Pregnancy and Heart Disease is located at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, and receive moderate and high risk pregnant women as referrals from hospitals nationwide for follow-up and treatment. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Previous studies have documented a phenomenon in which half of women with a type of heart failure called peripartum cardiomyopathy saw their condition spontaneously recover in the months following pregnancy. (innovations-report.com)
Fetal heart rate (fHR) observation is important for proper fetal well-being assessment during the period of pregnancy. (frontiersin.org)
About heart beats - This is a tricky issue because no pregnancy is the same nor is any baby. (bubhub.com.au)
Detect fetal life early in pregnancy. (buyemp.com)
Hi ladies, Just wondering if anyone has had (this pregnancy or previous) a baby with an ectopic heart beat. (babycenter.com.au)
Chances of pregnancy loss after fetal heart beat? (healthtap.com)
If there is a heart beat, for right now there is a viable pregnancy . (healthtap.com)
We have identified a critical time of development of the human heart in pregnancy," she says. (spectroscopynow.com)
At the moment, clinicians can only monitor a baby's heart effectively after about 20 weeks into the pregnancy. (spectroscopynow.com)
If a mother has taken certain medications that may cause heart defects during pregnancy, such as anti-seizure medications or prescription acne medications. (umms.org)

As far as the size of the pulmonary artery and ductus arteriosus are concerned on a fetal echocardiogram, that is not of much concern directly. (medhelp.org)
A fetal echocardiogram will be performed by one of the fetal cardiologists. (chw.org)
What is a fetal echocardiogram? (archildrens.org)
Who should receive a fetal echocardiogram? (archildrens.org)
Maternal conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, autoimmune disorders, maternal exposure to certain medications, genetic conditions, parental or a close family relative with a history of a congenital heart defect are all indications for a fetal echocardiogram. (archildrens.org)
When should a fetal echocardiogram be performed? (archildrens.org)
After the routine prenatal scan detected an abnormal aortic valve, a fetal echocardiogram at the Fetal Heart Center at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital confirmed aortic stenosis, impending hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), and severe mitral regurgitation. (uhhospitals.org)
How is a fetal echocardiogram done? (stroke.org)
Heart rate between 40 bpm-50bpm echocardiogram, holter monitor results are normal, non athlete can my slow heart rat be due to genetics? (healthtap.com)

During labor, your healthcare provider will watch your uterine contractions and your baby's heart rate. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
This measures fetal heart rate along with uterine contractions. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Cytotec, a cheap prescription drug for ulcers, is not FDA approved for labor induction and has been linked to uterine rupture and fetal tachycardia. (midwiferytoday.com)
Normal Doppler pattern in ductus venosus, normal flow pattern in the umbilical artery (fetal and placental ends), normal flow pattern in the uterine arteries. (medhelp.org)
Following an orientation to basic terminology and foundational clinical information associated with fetal heart monitoring, this didgital product instructs users how to interpret baseline values and uterine activity and provides examples of common deviations and their correct interpretation. (springerpub.com)
Fetal heart rate (FHR) is traced in the upper channel and uterine contraction in the lower one. (mdpi.com)
Can monitor the instant fetal heart rate(FHR), uterine pressure(UC), fetal movement (FM), maternal blood pressure(NIBP) (systolic, diastolic and mean pressure), oxygen saturation(SPO2), pulse(PR) and heart rate(HR) at. (frbiz.com)

Sometimes your doctor will instead attach an internal monitoring device directly to the baby's scalp to help measure the heart rate more accurately. (healthline.com)
Sometimes there is no cause for concern with late decelerations, as long as the baby's heart rate also shows accelerations (this is known as variability) and quick recovery to normal heart rate range. (healthline.com)
Talk to your doctor, midwife, or labor nurse if you have questions about your baby's heart rate during labor. (healthline.com)
It's often used during prenatal visits to count the baby's heart rate. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
The healthcare provider may also check your baby's heart rate continuously during labor and birth. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
It sends the sounds of your baby's heart to a computer. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
The rate and pattern of your baby's heart rate are shown on a screen and printed on paper. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Mums-to-be are being advised not to use personal monitors (Doppler devices) to listen to their baby's heartbeat at home over fears that they may lead to delays in seeking help for reduced fetal movements. (redorbit.com)
Congenital heart defects are problems with a baby's heart structure that can range from simple, easy-to-fix concerns to more complex conditions that require pediatric heart surgery and ongoing care through adulthood. (dukehealth.org)
Fetal magnetic resonance imaging, or Fetal MRI, uses radio waves and a computer to create clear, high-resolution images of your baby's heart structures without the need for X-rays or ionizing radiation. (dukehealth.org)
Our expert cardiologists perform fetal echocardiograms to evaluate the structure and function of your baby's heart. (loyolamedicine.org)
Whether your baby's heart requires medical management or complex surgical procedures, Loyola's multidisciplinary team of pediatric cardiologists and surgeons are committed to developing a plan that is right for you and your child. (loyolamedicine.org)
If a problem with your baby's heart is found, the fetal cardiologist will explain in detail the diagnosis, care options, possible outcomes and next steps. (chw.org)
And many pregnant women find that nothing is more exciting than hearing their baby's heart beat for the first time! (pregnancy-info.net)
You may also decide to monitor baby's heart rate for yourself, in the privacy of your own home. (pregnancy-info.net)
But how exactly is baby's heart rate monitored and how can you find his heartbeat for yourself? (pregnancy-info.net)
By listening regularly to your baby's heart beat, you and your practitioner can ensure that she is in good health and growing properly. (pregnancy-info.net)
Women who are experiencing high-risk pregnancies (such as those who have preeclampsia or hypertension ) may also wish to check their baby's heart rate at home, in order to help monitor their pregnancies better. (pregnancy-info.net)
At home, you can monitor your baby's heartbeat using a machine called a fetal doppler . (pregnancy-info.net)
It works by bouncing sound waves off of your baby's heart. (pregnancy-info.net)
The motion that your baby's heart makes when it is beating changes the shape of these sound waves. (pregnancy-info.net)
I really want to listen to my baby's heart beat. (whattoexpect.com)
Tempted to buy one of of those inexpensive fetal 'heart listeners' so you can hear your baby's heartbeat for the first time or stay tuned into it between practitioner visits? (whattoexpect.com)
To use, all you need to do is place it on top of the mommy's stomach and plug in a pair of 3.5mm headphones (included) to listen as the baby's heart beats… that's it! (7gadgets.com)
Congenital heart disease is a problem that occurs with the baby's heart while the baby is still developing. (stroke.org)
The baby's heart begins to form immediately after conception and is complete by eight week's gestation. (stroke.org)
Your pediatric cardiologist will be able to counsel you as to the severity of your baby's heart defect. (stroke.org)
The sound waves can also detect blood flow throughout the baby's heart. (stroke.org)
For EFM, two belts are wrapped around the mother's abdomen -- one which measures the baby's heart rate and the other that measures contractions. (howstuffworks.com)
Detection of a heart defect even before birth is significant in that such abnormalities often do not produce any symptoms in the first days of the baby's life. (gov.pl)
Experts from CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and Cardiac Center came together to perform fetal surgery to remove the tumor from the baby's heart at just 21 weeks' gestation. (chop.edu)
Or use the audio output for earphones to lull yourself to sleep with the sound of your baby's heart beating. (healthchecksystems.com)
Also, it is possible to detect the baby's heart beat using this method around the 7-8 week mark. (bubhub.com.au)
A heart rate of 160 can be perfectly normal in a newborn baby and with activity or fever in babies up to several months of age, so it all depends on how old your baby is and whether there have been changes in the baby's appetite or degree of alertness. (healthtap.com)
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study reveals that the major structures of a baby's heart take just four days to form, according to scientists at the University of Leeds, UK. (spectroscopynow.com)
Lead researcher Eleftheria Pervolaraki certainly hopes the findings will mean that doctors would be able to intervene when a baby's heart fails to grow properly. (spectroscopynow.com)
The team suggests that the imaging techniques they used in their research could readily be adapted for use in the hospital and so allow obstetricians sight of whether the baby's heart is forming properly where risk factors for congenital heart problems are known. (spectroscopynow.com)
There are many reasons why your primary obstetrician or maternal-fetal medicine specialist may want you to get an evaluation of your baby's heart. (umms.org)

In addition to providing an exceptional level of care, our fetal cardiology team is committed to making this trying time as easy on your family as possible. (dukehealth.org)
Loyola's fetal cardiology consultation is designed to help with the diagnosis and management of heart problems in your growing baby. (loyolamedicine.org)
Why Choose Loyola for Fetal Cardiology Consultation? (loyolamedicine.org)
What Diseases Does Fetal Cardiology Consultation Treat? (loyolamedicine.org)
U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked the Herma Heart Institute at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin among the top programs in the nation for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery. (chw.org)
The Congenital Heart Collaborative - a unique affiliation of specialists in maternal fetal medicine and pediatric cardiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and Nationwide Children's Hospital - is the first and only program in Ohio offering in utero interventional fetal therapies to treat cardiac defects. (uhhospitals.org)
The result is a "massive leap forward" for fetal cardiac MRI, according to Dr. Kuberan Pushparajah, the study's second author and a senior lecturer of pediatric cardiology at King's College London. (auntminnie.com)
The Children's Heart Center at Mount Sinai Hospital-overseen by the Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery-provides a continuum of care from fetal through adult life, and will now have access to the expertise of CHOP's Cardiac Center in areas such as pediatric cardiac intensive care and pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. (prweb.com)
A new, free video-based educational series for clinical and research professionals in pediatric cardiology, hosted by Dr. Jack Rychik, will feature dynamic discussions and presentations about pediatric and congenital heart care. (chop.edu)
The team brings together experts in maternal fetal medicine, fetal cardiology and pediatric interventional cardiology to provide world class care for patients and families in the region - the only provider of this type of care in Ohio and one of approximately eight centers nationally. (uhhospitals.org)
A recent study of 368 pregnant mothers, led by Bettina Cuneo, MD, director of perinatal cardiology and fetal cardiac telemedicine at Children's Hospital Colorado, found that fetal congenital heart disease (CHD) was correctly identified and successfully managed according to evidence-based risk stratification. (medicalxpress.com)
Fetal Heart Program's patients are cared for through the Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology . (umms.org)
Comprehensive care begins in the womb and is coordinated in partnership with referring maternal fetal medicine specialists and obstetricians with many subspecialties, including cardiology, cardiac surgery and genetics. (umms.org)

Informed Consent in the setting of complex fetal congenital heart disease such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome involves many concerned individuals who include: the mother, the father, the obstetrician, the pediatric cardiologist, the pediatric cardiac surgeon, and many others. (springer.com)
Microcephaly is associated with early adverse neurologic outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Neurodevelopment in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Neurodevelopmental outcomes after staged palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Bordacova L, Docolomanska D, Masura J. Neuropsychological outcome in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Relationship of surgical approach to neurodevelopmental outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Mahle WT, Wernovsky G. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Mahle WT, Clancy RR, Moss EM, Gerdes M, Jobes DR, Wernovsky G. Neurodevelopmental outcome and lifestyle assessment in school aged and adolescent children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Kon AA, Ackerson L, Lo B. Choices physicians would make if they were the parents of a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (springer.com)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital condition, which affects normal blood circulation. (medindia.net)
The Herma Heart Institute consistently reports some of the best surgical outcomes for even the most complex types of heart disease, based on reporting data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and we are proud to have the best published survival rates worldwide for treating hypoplastic left heart syndrome , an uncommon and complicated congenital heart disease. (chw.org)
The multidisciplinary team accepts referrals for the following conditions: aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), HLHS with intact or highly restrictive atrial septum, and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. (uhhospitals.org)
However, technology is changing these prospects -- and a brand new form of fetal heart surgery may bring even more hope to children born with a rare, severe heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS. (selfgrowth.com)
According to the Mayo Clinic , hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare but serious heart defect marked by underdevelopment of the left side of the heart, including the left ventricle, mitral valve and aortic valve and sometimes even the aorta itself. (selfgrowth.com)
Delivery planning assistant was provided for 75 percent of fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Fetal aortic stenosis impairs left ventricular development, which can lead to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] Intervention inutero may need to be done if there is concern that the aortic stenosis is severe enough to lead to the development of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
citation needed] If the fetal aortic stenosis is critical it may lead to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) it is treated with the Norwood procedure. (wikipedia.org)

As part of routine prenatal care, the obstetrician of a 25-year-old gravida 1, para 0 woman performed fetal heart-rate monitoring at 22 weeks gestational age. (aacc.org)
The loops allowed two cardiologists to visualize fetal blood flow, a component of heart health that can't be easily observed with current prenatal imaging technologies. (auntminnie.com)
While the MRI technique is similar to ones used for adult cardiac imaging, the team had to overcome numerous technical limitations for prenatal imaging, including correcting for fetal motion and a much faster heart rate. (auntminnie.com)
Fetal heart rate monitoring is one of the most important aspects of prenatal care . (pregnancy-info.net)
As a further contribution, the paper briefly describes how the introduction of wearable systems for fetal ECG recording could provide new technological solutions improving the quality and usability of prenatal monitoring. (hindawi.com)
Use the BabySound Prenatal Fetal Doppler Heart Rate and Sound Detection System at home so that you can listen to your babyâ€™s heart rate whenever you like. (7gadgets.com)
The BabySound - Prenatal Fetal Doppler Heart Rate and Sound Detection System is a completely passive and harmless device, it's just like putting a microphone up to the baby and there are no transmitted emissions. (7gadgets.com)
Heart defects have distinctive, unique features due to which they can be diagnosed more easily in prenatal life. (gov.pl)
The model of foetal heart developed by your team is a breakthrough in the world of prenatal diagnostics. (gov.pl)
At the St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University Heart Center , we offer exceptional prenatal and newborn heart care to help your baby get a healthy start in life. (stlouischildrens.org)
As part of the renowned Heart Center , the Fetal Heart Center is a national destination for prenatal and newborn heart care. (stlouischildrens.org)
It covers early diagnosis of fetal cardiac anomalies, prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease and conotruncal malformations, and fetal arrhythmias. (eurobuch.com)
Fetal trans-apical stent delivery into the pulmonary artery: prospects for prenatal heart-valve implantation. (biomedsearch.com)
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the technical feasibility of a fetal trans-apical stent delivery into the pulmonary artery using a novel hybrid-intervention technique as a possible route for prenatal minimally invasive heart-valve-implantation approaches. (biomedsearch.com)
This approach demonstrates the first step towards possible future minimally invasive prenatal heart-valve-implantation procedures. (biomedsearch.com)
The fetal (prenatal) circulation differs from normal postnatal circulation, mainly because the lungs are not in use. (wikipedia.org)

Doctors can start to measure how much blood is pumped out in each heartbeat, which can be used to tell how effectively the heart is performing. (auntminnie.com)
The ACM first attempted to listen to the fetal heartbeat while the woman was standing, but could not hear one. (hdc.org.nz)
The ACM then attempted to find a fetal heartbeat with the CTG machine but could not. (hdc.org.nz)
He ruptured the membranes and applied a fetal scalp electrode but no fetal heartbeat was detected. (hdc.org.nz)
In this study, analysis of fetal phonocardiograph (fPCG) signals, in order to achieve fetal heartbeat segmentation, is proposed. (frontiersin.org)
After discovering a medical device known as a fetal heart doppler monitor, which allows one to hear a baby s heartbeat from inside the womb, Harris was thrilled with the peace of mind this little piece of technology brought. (webwire.com)
An Affordable Baby Fetal Heartbeat Monitor for home use! (healthchecksystems.com)
The sensitivity allows doctors, nurses, midwives and even mom the ability to quickly lock onto the fetal heartbeat. (healthchecksystems.com)
Now, a new system developed by an MIT scientist and colleagues including an obstetrician could allow much earlier monitoring of the fetal heartbeat. (northdenvernews.com)
While only a minority of pregnancies suffer from fluctuations in the fetal heartbeat, the issue is nonetheless critical because those that do can result in bad outcomes. (northdenvernews.com)
Doctors today actually have two ways to detect the fetal heartbeat. (northdenvernews.com)
Electrocardiography (better known as ECG or EKG), which records the electrical activity of the heart, can indeed catch subtle changes in the fetal heartbeat. (northdenvernews.com)
Doctors can monitor the fetal ECG signal noninvasively through electrodes on the mother's abdomen, but it is weak compared to the maternal heartbeat and surrounding noise. (northdenvernews.com)
Further, it has not been possible to separate the three signals without distorting characteristics of the fetal heartbeat key to identifying potential clinical problems. (northdenvernews.com)

In the 21 cases associated with structural heart disease there were 17 cases of atrioventricular septal defect, one case of secundum atrial and perimembranous ventricular septal defects, two cases of tetralogy of Fallot, and one case of pulmonary stenosis. (bmj.com)
All fetuses with atrioventricular septal defects and complete heart block had left atrial isomerism. (bmj.com)
Congenital heart defects are abnormalities in the heart's structure that are present at birth. (bartleby.com)
Check out 'Congenital Heart Defects,' a helpful iPhone app. (allnurses.com)
Our pediatric heart imaging experts use the latest screening technology to diagnose congenital heart defects while babies are still in the womb. (dukehealth.org)
Maternal and foetal angiogenic imbalance in congenital heart defects. (nih.gov)
Our objectives were to ascertain whether a relationship exists between congenital heart defects (CHDs) and angiogenic/anti-angiogenic imbalance in maternal and foetal blood and study the expression of angiogenic factors in the foetal heart. (nih.gov)
Our data suggest that an imbalance of angiogenic-antiangiogenic factors is associated with developmental defects of the human heart. (nih.gov)
Possible joint pathways of early pre-eclampsia and congenital heart defects via angiogenic imbalance and potential evidence for cardio-placental syndrome. (nih.gov)
At one time, children born with severe forms of heart defects faced a decreased life expectancy and in extreme cases did not survive the first few weeks or months of life. (selfgrowth.com)
Congenital heart defects (CHD) are rare, occurring in only 1 percent of children. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Fetal conditions that warrant this test include an abnormal appearing fetal heart, cardiac arrhythmias, fetal hydrops, abnormal karyotype, midline defects and a few other abnormalities. (archildrens.org)
Even one episode of heavy drinking can lead to the collection of birth defects known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). (medindia.net)
Though much research has focused on looking for the cause of these alcohol-induced heart defects, they remain largely a mystery. (medindia.net)
The article is entitled "Ethanol Exposure Alters Early Cardiac Function in the Looping Heart: A Mechanism for Congenital Heart Defects? (medindia.net)
Results As expected, the researchers found that the hearts of embryos exposed to alcohol had dramatic defects close to hatching, including thinner walls separating the heart's four chambers and damaged valves. (medindia.net)
Long before these defects formed, the researchers saw significant differences in heart blood flow between embryos that weren't exposed to alcohol and those that were. (medindia.net)
Importance of the Findings The authors suggest that this improper function may itself steer developing hearts in the wrong direction during development, setting the stage for larger defects to arise. (medindia.net)
By learning more about these functional changes in the early heart, the researchers suggest that it may eventually be possible to redirect blood flow to a more healthful pattern, thereby rescuing FAS hearts before they form defects. (medindia.net)
With an average of 4 million U.S. pregnancies per year, there will be approximately 10,000 cases of alcohol-induced congenital heart defects," the study authors write. (medindia.net)
Although this combination of defects has a very poor prognosis, the team was encouraged that they caught it in the second trimester, which is early for this combination of heart defects, and that the function of the left ventricle was still normal. (uhhospitals.org)
Associated with ventricular dysfunction, LVNC can present in isolation or in conjunction with structural heart defects (i.e., "nonisolated" LVNC). (springer.com)
The aim of this study was to determine the stage-specific expression of miRNAs in human fetal heart in order to identify valuable targets for further study of heart defects. (spandidos-publications.com)
Precise expression of heart genes is critical in specific events of cardiogenesis, and thus dysregulated gene expression can lead to a variety of heart defects ( 1 ). (spandidos-publications.com)
Although, some heart defects can run in families or be related to a disease the mother has, diabetes mellitus, for example. (stroke.org)
Congenital heart defects range from mild to very severe. (stroke.org)
If the mother has taken medications that are known to cause congenital heart defects, Accutane, for example. (stroke.org)
A team of gynaecologists from Krakow have developed a 3D model of the foetal heart thanks to which it will be easier to diagnose the 29 most common heart defects in the womb. (gov.pl)
The printed model of the foetal heart is an absolute novelty in medicine which will make it easier not only for Polish doctors, but also for those around the world to diagnose the most common defects of this organ in unborn children. (gov.pl)
Heart defects are the most common ones to occur in foetal life. (gov.pl)
The three-dimensional technique allowed us to precisely introduce these blocks of information in accordance with the principles of anatomy and thanks to this we were able to learn the features of geometric differences for most congenital heart defects. (gov.pl)
At the Fetal Heart Center, our team specializes in detecting, evaluating and managing congenital heart defects before your baby is born. (stlouischildrens.org)
Get in touch with a support group with other heart defects (yours in particular) and lean on them. (whattoexpect.com)
The goal is to understand how heart defects affect fetal well-being in utero and determine when and if intervention is needed. (umms.org)

An abnormal fetal heart rate may mean that your baby is not getting enough oxygen or that there are other problems. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
In general, experts of fetal heart diagnosis seek to find whether certain parts of the heart, such as valves and blood vessels, are in incorrect positions, by comparing normal and abnormal fetal heart images based on their own judgement. (eurekalert.org)
Abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm. (stroke.org)

Members of the Congenital Heart Collaborative, a unique affiliation between UH Rainbow Babies & Children's and UH MacDonald Women's hospitals in Cleveland, and Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, performed a successful in utero fetal aortic valvuloplasty at 24 weeks gestation, resulting in a full-term birth and discharge at four days of age. (uhhospitals.org)
Fetal aortic stenosis is typically detected between 18 and 24 weeks gestation. (wikipedia.org)

At the touch of a button you can detect fetal life at an early gestational age using Early Detection Mode. (buyemp.com)
Peak apical and basal rotations, global longitudinal strain, global circumferential strain (GCS), longitudinal strain rate, circumferential strain rate (CSR), twist, and torsion were reported and tested for associations with gestational age (GA) and estimated fetal weight (EFW). (ovid.com)
The team's work involved the imaging of 23 fetal hearts with a gestational age range of 95 to 143 days in the womb. (spectroscopynow.com)

The initial evaluation of the maternal-fetal pair is performed by fetal cardiologists, pediatric cardiac interventionalists and maternal fetal medicine physicians. (uhhospitals.org)
When two fetal cardiologists assessed the 4D MR images, they observed pulsatile blood flow through the entire cardiac cycle. (auntminnie.com)

A research group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial intelligence (AI). (eurekalert.org)
This technology could help examiners to avoid missing severe and complex congenital heart abnormalities that require prompt treatments, leading to early diagnosis and well-planned treatment plans, and could contribute to the development of perinatal or neonatal medicine. (eurekalert.org)
Congenital heart problems -- which can involve abnormalities of the atrium, ventricle, valves or blood vessel connections -- can be very serious, and account for about 20% of all newborn deaths. (eurekalert.org)
The research team tested the new 4D imaging method with seven fetal cases, including three healthy subjects, two subjects with right-sided aortic arches, and two with other cardiac abnormalities. (auntminnie.com)
Along with growth retardation, head and face abnormalities, and neurological problems, FAS also causes heart problems in just over half of those with this condition. (medindia.net)
More recently, emphasis was placed on the importance of fetal heart rate (FHR) analysis, where the fetal scalp ECG, fetal heart tones [ 3 , 4 ] and ultrasonic Doppler fetal heart signals [ 5 , 6 ] were introduced to trace FHR in the fetal monitoring devise to identify fetal abnormalities. (mdpi.com)
This unique program maximizes planning time and allows for early treatment of a variety of heart abnormalities - often within moments of delivery. (umms.org)
Doppler sonography can be used to evaluate the pulsations in the fetal heart and bloods vessels for signs of abnormalities. (wikipedia.org)

Electronic fetal monitoring reduced the risk of neonatal seizures, but not the risk of perinatal mortality or cerebral palsy. (medpagetoday.com)
encephalopathy due to fetal or neonatal asphyxia is a leading cause of death or severe impairment among infants. (bartleby.com)
Menon SC, O'Leary PW, Wright GB, Rios R, MacLellan-Tobert SG, Cabalka AK (2007) Fetal and neonatal presentation of noncompacted ventricular myocardium: expanding the clinical spectrum. (springer.com)
This regenerative capacity of the neonatal mouse heart, however, becomes lost within the first week of postnatal life. (hindawi.com)
Fact.MR recently published a market study on Fetal and Neonatal Heart Monitor. (express-press-release.net)
The global Fetal and Neonatal Heart Monitor market, prepared by Fact.MR, presents a detailed study on the market. (express-press-release.net)
Global sales of fetal and neonatal heart monitors are likely to surpass 261,000 units in 2018, with rising adoption in the US driving sales. (express-press-release.net)
In the present study the effect of antenatal GC administration on the CK expression in fetal and neonatal hearts was demonstrated. (go.jp)
The mRNA levels of the CK isoforms, CK-M and Mi-CK , in 21-day-old fetal and 1-day-old neonatal hearts were significantly increased after antenatal GC administration. (go.jp)
An increased ATP level accompanied the CK increase in the neonatal hearts. (go.jp)

This study connects the dots between preterm birth and heart disease in adult life by defining the gene networks disrupted by infection and inflammation that program normal heart development,' said lead author Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine who specializes in maternal and fetal infections. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Bettina F. Cuneo et al, Risk Stratification of Fetal Cardiac Anomalies in an Underserved Population Using Telecardiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology (2019). (medicalxpress.com)

The fetal origins hypothesis states that fetal undernutrition in middle to late gestation, which leads to disproportionate fetal growth, programmes later coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
The hypothesis states that coronary heart disease is associated with specific patterns of disproportionate fetal growth that result from fetal undernutrition in middle to late gestation. (bmj.com)
They evaluated the hearts of pregnant female mice that underwent mid-gestation heart injury and survived. (innovations-report.com)
Methods: Human fetal hearts (n = 5) between 10-19 weeks of gestation were studied. (harvard.edu)
Affymetrix microarrays were used to obtain miRNA expression profiles from human fetal heart tissue at 5, 7, 9 and 23 weeks of gestation. (spandidos-publications.com)
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) is a significant tool for the obstetrician, in order to perform various tests at different stages of gestation to estimate the fetal health. (frontiersin.org)
New insights from MRI into the development of the heart could lead to better ways to monitor the unborn baby during critical phases of gestation. (spectroscopynow.com)
After 13 weeks of gestation, the fetal age may be estimated using the biparietal diameter (the transverse diameter of the head, across the two parietal bones), the head circumference, the length of the femur, the crown-heel length (head to heel), and other fetal parameters. (wikipedia.org)

To create the statement, Donofrio and colleagues reviewed literature covering the diagnosis of congenital heart disease and arrhythmias, the assessment of cardiac function and the rest of the cardiovascular system, and the range of treatments available. (medpagetoday.com)
Chapter 9: Is fetal cardiac function gender dependent? (uva.nl)
Engraftment of fetal cardiac MSCs improves cardiac function and can repair myocardium in a rat model of myocardial infarction [ 15 ]. (hindawi.com)
Previous study has demonstrated the increase of several cardiac function-related proteins, including creatine kinase (CK) as an important enzyme in the process of ATP synthesis in the fetal heart of rats administered glucocorticoid (GC) antenatally. (go.jp)

Category II: Uncertain tracings that require continued evaluation and possible additional testing to assess fetal status. (medpagetoday.com)

In India, as in the UK, coronary heart disease is associated with small size at birth, suggesting that its pathogenesis is influenced by events in utero. (nih.gov)
The Boston Children's Hospital , many surgeries - known as fetal interventions - are now performed in utero to help begin to fix this serious defect. (selfgrowth.com)
The team discussed the option of in-utero fetal aortic valvuloplasty with the parents. (uhhospitals.org)
Heather and Anthony's baby Lorenzo underwent in-utero heart surgery and were recently featured on an episode of The Doctors to share exclusive details of this rare procedure. (uhhospitals.org)

A Linear Time Series Analysis of Fetal Heart Rate to Detect the Variability: Measures Using Cardiotocography. (igi-global.com)

This allows specialized planning of deliveries in select cases with the goal of improved fetal and postnatal outcomes," they wrote. (medpagetoday.com)
In fact, they said, 84 percent of cases referred for fetal CMR captured clinically valuable data that impacted choices for mode of delivery, early postnatal care planning, and parental counseling. (diagnosticimaging.com)
Now, the team of Dr Wiecheć is preparing further models of the foetal heart, including for postnatal examination, allowing a surgeon to prepare for surgery. (gov.pl)
Fetal heart can regenerate to restore its normal anatomy and function in response to injury, but this regenerative capacity is lost within the first week of postnatal life. (hindawi.com)
The advent of breathing and the severance of the umbilical cord prompt various neuroendocrine changes that shortly transform fetal circulation into postnatal circulation. (wikipedia.org)

Late decelerations that occur along with a fast heart rate (tachycardia) and very little variability can mean that the contractions may be harming the baby by depriving them of oxygen. (healthline.com)
These days patients that are still in the womb have their heart rates measured on a regular basis to spot conditions such as fetal bradycardia or tachycardia or decreased variability. (medgadget.com)

The procedure for monitoring fetal heart rate is painless, but internal monitoring can be uncomfortable. (healthline.com)

In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first miRNA expression profiling study of human fetal heart tissue. (spandidos-publications.com)

The midwives' failures to take the appropriate action in response to a situation of possible fetal distress are fundamental clinical failures which cannot be attributed to any alleged systemic deficiencies at the DHB. (hdc.org.nz)
Reasons For Sudden Fetal Distress/Deaths? (seasonalnyc.com)
Fetal heart rate has dropped below 70, is this considered fetal distress? (healthtap.com)

Dr. Lakshmi Rajagopal, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and expert on newborn infectious diseases at Seattle Children's Research Institute and UW Medicine, and Dr. Timothy Mitchell, an obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies and a former UW Medicine fellow in maternal and fetal medicine, led the study with Adams Waldorf. (infectioncontroltoday.com)

After about two years of preparation and coordination between ancillary staff and physicians in maternal anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, neonatology and intensive care at both facilities, the Congenital Heart Collaborative treated its first two patients in 2017. (uhhospitals.org)
This comprehensive 2-day instructor-led course, revised in 2017, is critical for enhancing and validating nurses and physicians' ability to interpret and respond to fetal heart monitoring tracings. (awhonn.org)

Previously, a first-trimester screen to detect fetal aneuploidy had been performed and the results were normal. (aacc.org)
With the unique Early Detection Mode feature you can detect fetal life as early as 9 weeks. (buyemp.com)

For more useful information and helpful facts about purchasing or renting fetal heart dopplers, visit the site at http://www.dopplerfetal.net . (webwire.com)
Doctors, Hospitals, andClinics can easily increase their inventories of fetal dopplers to better assist in patient evaluations without sacrificing quality. (healthchecksystems.com)

Studies in humans have shown that men and women whose birth weights were at the lower end of the normal range, who were thin or short at birth, or who were small in relation to placental size have increased rates of coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
The programming of blood pressure, insulin responses to glucose, cholesterol metabolism, blood coagulation, and hormonal settings are all areas of active research.The BMJ's recent editorial on the fetal origins hypothesis stated that it rests only on the "very general" proposition that fetal undernutrition causes coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
The early epidemiological studies that pointed to the possible importance of programming in coronary heart disease were based on the simple strategy of examining men and women in middle and late life whose body measurements at birth were recorded. (bmj.com)
Fetal growth and coronary heart disease in south India. (nih.gov)
Coronary heart disease is predicted to become the commonest cause of death in india within 15 years People from India living overseas already have high rates of the disease that are not explained by known coronary risk factors. (nih.gov)
Small size at birth is a newly described risk factor for coronary heart disease, but associations between size at birth and the disease have not been examined in India. (nih.gov)
We related the prevalence of coronary heart disease, defined by standard criteria, to their birth size. (nih.gov)
25 (9%) men and 27 (11%) women had coronary heart disease. (nih.gov)
People from India living overseas have high rates of coronary heart disease which are not explained by known coronary risk factors. (nih.gov)
In India, coronary heart disease is predicted to become the most common cause of death within 15 years. (nih.gov)
Small size at birth is a newly described risk factor for coronary heart disease. (nih.gov)
For example, in the mid 1980s Rose pointed out that the well established risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD)-cigarette smoking, high serum cholesterol, and high blood pressure-have a limited ability to predict disease risk in adults. (bmj.com)

The diagnostic features include a poorly contracting left ventricle, aortic valve thickening/restriction, a varying degree of left ventricular hypertrophy and abnormal Doppler flow characteristics in the left heart. (wikipedia.org)
Management before birth is done by a fetal aortic valvuloplasty. (wikipedia.org)
Potential open heart surgeries may include aortic valve repair or the Ross procedure. (wikipedia.org)

Fetal heart rate monitoring may be used to check how preterm labor medicines are affecting your baby. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Now, a study led by researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle shows that, in preterm animal models, inflammation due to infection can disrupt the activity of genes that are crucial for normal development of the heart. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
We now know that long-term health risks of a preterm birth extend beyond the developing lungs and brain to involve vision, hearing, kidney and even heart function. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
This study is the first to show that the gene program for heart development in preterm babies is interrupted in preterm babies exposed to fetal infection and inflammation, which may lead to incomplete heart development,' said Mitchell. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
This incomplete development, in turn, may be lead to the higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure seen when preterm babies reach adulthood. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
We need a better understanding of how bacteria invade the uterus to cause preterm birth so that we can develop therapies to prevent fetal infections. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
These results suggest that antenatal GC administration accelerates ATP synthesis through increased CK and may contribute to maturation of the premature heart so that it is ready for preterm delivery. (go.jp)

It appears in the Articles in Press section of the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology , published by the American Physiological Society. (medindia.net)

Given that the available data do not show a clear benefit for the use of electronic fetal monitoring over intermittent auscultation," the authors wrote, "either option is acceptable in a patient without complications. (medpagetoday.com)

The authors also addressed the relative efficacy of the two types of FHR monitoring -- electronic fetal monitoring and manual auscultation. (medpagetoday.com)
Compared with intermittent manual auscultation, electronic fetal monitoring was associated with increased rates of cesarean delivery, with cesarean delivery for abnormal FHR, acidosis, or both, and with operative vaginal delivery. (medpagetoday.com)

Your family and obstetrician can trust our team for expert diagnosis and treatment recommendations for any congenital heart defect. (stlouischildrens.org)

The HI-Bebe BT-200 Fetal Doppler monitor features state of the art engineering and low cost manufacturing making it extremely affordable without any sacrafice to quality. (healthchecksystems.com)
Expecting Motherscan now afford medical quality fetal doppler monitor to use at home. (healthchecksystems.com)

They replace a 2005 practice bulletin and support the recommendations of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child and Health Development workshop on electronic fetal monitoring held last year. (medpagetoday.com)
Electronic fetal monitoring is standard procedure despite numerous randomized controlled trials that have disproven its validity. (bartleby.com)

This team is the only team in Ohio to offer fetal cardiac intervention. (uhhospitals.org)

In my practice we even see lots of babies with slow heart rates that do fine. (medhelp.org)
And because of that, the roles of various clinicians involved in the care of babies before and after birth have changed, they wrote in the statement, which was published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association . (medpagetoday.com)
Our NICU is equipped to treat babies with heart issues, as well as those born as early as 32 weeks. (dukehealth.org)
Almost one in one hundred babies is born with a heart problem (congenital heart defect or disease). (chw.org)
Formed in 2015, the Collaborative is helping to optimize outcomes for babies who are diagnosed with these relatively rare but serious heart conditions before birth, he says. (uhhospitals.org)
Is it possible to babies heart beat on both sides at 9 weeks? (babycenter.com)
I have heard that by the babies heart rate you can determine(not sure how how acurate) what sex your baby is. (bellybelly.com.au)
The National Institute of Health , reports that 8 out of every 1,000 babies in America (or approximately 35,000 a year) will be born with some form of heart defect, making it the most common kind of birth defect in the country. (selfgrowth.com)
Babies born with this heart defect are often diagnosed at birth because of signs and symptoms like cyanosis, difficulty breathing, poor feeding and lack of responsiveness. (selfgrowth.com)
Modern technology and more advanced fetal interventions are now able to improve the chances of survival and give parents and families hope for the future of their unborn babies. (selfgrowth.com)
With UH Rainbow Babies & Children's and UH MacDonald Women's hospitals both under one roof, maternal fetal medicine specialists and the Congenital Heart Collaborative team can offer the full continuum of care in these rare cases. (uhhospitals.org)
The good news they told us was that our heart rate was higher than anyone else they had seen and the structure of the babies heart was healthy. (whattoexpect.com)

Your healthcare provider may have other reasons to use fetal heart rate monitoring. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
You must lie still during some types of fetal heart rate monitoring. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
You should not have internal fetal heart rate monitoring if you are HIV positive. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Certain things may make the results of fetal heart rate monitoring less accurate. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) is the most common form of intrapartal fetal assessment in the United States. (bartleby.com)
This program was developed as a QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE for reviewing each of the guidelines and provide examples of fetal heart rate monitoring strips that correspond to the new definitions. (appadvice.com)

Phonocardiography is a non-invasive technique for the detection of fetal heart sounds (fHSs). (frontiersin.org)

Most of the significant fetal arrhythmias are sustained and should be detected by an examination that includes an assessment of fetal heart rate and rhythm. (healthtap.com)

The authors are pleased to propose an algorithm for extracting the variability of fetal heart. (igi-global.com)

I will be taking an exam and my teacher said know Fetal circulation. (allnurses.com)
Detailed imaging tests can evaluate the fetal heart rate and fetal blood circulation to determine if your baby might have a heart abnormality. (loyolamedicine.org)
An intrinsically angiogenic impairment exists in CHD that appears to be present in both the maternal and foetal circulation and foetal heart. (nih.gov)
The research, which marks a significant advancement in cardiac regenerative medicine, was presented today at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2011 in Orlando, Florida, and is also published in the current issue of Circulation Research, a journal of the AHA. (innovations-report.com)
With this promising new technology, physicians may be able to diagnose and possibly even treat the condition, according to research published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. (healthcanal.com)
The closure of the ductus arteriosus and foramen ovale completes the transition of fetal circulation to newborn circulation. (nyhq.org)
The term usually encompasses the entire fetoplacental circulation, which includes the umbilical cord and the blood vessels within the placenta that carry fetal blood. (wikipedia.org)
The fetal circulation of humans has been extensively studied by the health sciences. (wikipedia.org)
Much is known also of fetal circulation in other animals, especially livestock and model organisms such as mice, through the health sciences, veterinary science, and life sciences generally. (wikipedia.org)
In fetal life, this is condition is manageable because the ductus arteriosus acts as a bypass, and supports the delivery of oxygenated blood to the systemic circulation. (wikipedia.org)

Doctors may use internal or external devices to monitor the fetal heart beat. (healthline.com)

Given the expanded roles of the pediatric cardiologist specializing in fetal medicine and the maternal fetal specialist as collaborative caregivers for fetuses with structural heart disease, arrhythmias, or cardiovascular dysfunction, a new standard of care for the practice of the multidisciplinary, rapidly advancing, and highly specialized field of fetal cardiac medicine is needed," they wrote. (medpagetoday.com)
You may be scheduled for regular fetal stress tests and more frequent appointments with your obstetrician, the pediatric cardiologist, and other members of our team, such as a pediatric heart surgeon, as you get closer to your delivery date. (dukehealth.org)
Once the diagnostics are reviewed, and depending on the presumptive diagnosis, a conference with each patient and her family may include a maternal fetal medicine specialist, pediatric cardiologist, pediatric surgeon, geneticist, and other relevant pediatric subspecialists. (prweb.com)

In the first study of its kind, the Mount Sinai researchers found that fetal stem cells from the placenta migrate to the heart of the mother and home to the site where an injury, such as a heart attack, occurred. (innovations-report.com)
Dr. Chaudhry's research team has found that fetal cells may potentially be a viable therapeutic agent, both through in vivo and in vitro studies. (innovations-report.com)

However, surgeons were able to place a needle through his mother's abdomen and uterus and into Stosh's heart to fix the blocked atrial wall and get the blood flowing properly. (selfgrowth.com)
The mother's sibling had died at a young age after undergoing a heart transplant. (uhhospitals.org)
Clifford notes that "one of the nice things about monitoring the fetal ECG through the mother's abdomen is you're getting a multidimensional view of the fetal heart" because its electrical activity is recorded from many different angles. (northdenvernews.com)
Waste products from the fetal blood are transferred back across the placenta to the mother's blood. (nyhq.org)

Using green fluorescent protein in the fetuses to tag the fetal stem cells derived from the placenta, they found that the green fluorescent stem cells homed to the injured hearts of their mothers, grafted onto the damaged tissue, and differentiated into smooth muscle cells, blood vessel cells, or another type of heart cell called cardiomyocytes. (innovations-report.com)
To determine if isolated cardiomyocytes could form stable intracardiac grafts in a larger species, preparations of dissociated fetal canine cardiomyocytes were delivered into the hearts of adult CXMD (canine X-linked muscular dystrophy) dogs. (jci.org)
Engrafted fetal cardiomyocytes, identified by virtue of dystrophin immunoreactivity, were observed to be tightly juxtaposed with host cardiomyocytes as long as 10 wk after engraftment, the latest date analyzed. (jci.org)
Conclusions: The human fetal heart remains highly isotropic until 14-19 weeks, at which time cardiomyocytes self-align into coherent tracts. (harvard.edu)
Following cardiac injury, as in the case of myocardial infarction, the heart fails to replace the vast majority of lost or damaged cardiomyocytes. (hindawi.com)
MSCs derived from fetal heart (c-MSCs, HMSCs) have the potential to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells [ 3 , 14 - 16 ]. (hindawi.com)
To identify the underlying reason for increased susceptibility of fetal cardiomyocytes to arrhythmia, we studied myofibroblasts (MFBs), which appear during structural remodeling of the adult diseased heart. (nih.gov)
CK protein levels were also increased in both cultured cardiomyocytes and the mitochondria of the hearts. (go.jp)

Finding out that your unborn baby may have congenital heart disease is frightening. (chw.org)
This type of imaging study is performed to evaluate the structure of the heart of the unborn child. (archildrens.org)
The Cella-Paladino family traveled from Uruguay to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to seek care for their unborn son, Juan, who was prenatally diagnosed with a heart tumor. (chop.edu)

However, the electrocardiogram demonstrated a 2:1 atrioventricular heart block (1 ventricular beat for every 2 atrial beats). (aacc.org)

We then developed an in vivo transplantation model by transplanting second-trimester human fetal heart tissues s.c. into the ear pinna of a SCID mouse. (pnas.org)
ROR2 + /CD13 + /KDR + /PDGFRα + cells were delivered into these functioning fetal heart tissues: in contrast to traditional murine heart models for cell transplantation, we show structural and functional integration of hESC-derived cardiovascular progenitors into human heart. (pnas.org)
We offer an extensive selection of total RNA from human fetal tissues. (clontech.com)
To study this aging-related dysfunction, we cultured mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from human fetal heart tissues. (hindawi.com)
The investigators compared gene expression patterns from fetal heart tissues infected with bacteria to normal heart tissues. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Inflammation was also present in the heart tissues and characterized by elevations in inflammatory proteins, like interleukin-6 and interleukin 8. (infectioncontroltoday.com)
Within this short period, the researchers explain, the muscle tissues of the heart rapidly organise. (spectroscopynow.com)

The course is presented to approximately 15,000 clinicians annually and may be used to validate knowledge and skills of perinatal clinicians who utilize fetal monitoring in the intrapartum setting. (awhonn.org)
It is designed for perinatal clinicians who utilize fetal heart monitoring in the intrapartum setting. (awhonn.org)
Novice perinatal clinicians who will be providing fetal monitoring to antepartum and intrapartum patients. (awhonn.org)

It is performed by a medical expert who is specially trained to use this technology to evaluate the structure and function of a fetal heart. (dukehealth.org)
This enables the doctor to evaluate the structure and function of the fetal heart. (stroke.org)
This online program prepares learners to interpret FHM data, implement and evaluate interventions to support maternal and fetal oxygenation. (awhonn.org)
The study is the first to document the electrophysiological characteristics of fetal long QT syndrome and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a magnetocardiogram, or MCG, in a sizable population of at-risk fetuses. (healthcanal.com)
The data collected will be compared to evaluate the accuracy of Five-Dimensional US in fetal heart assessment. (clinicaltrials.gov)

Patent Ductus Arteriosus is a congenital defect of the heart where the fetal passage between pulmonary artery and aorta remains open and causes excess pulmonary blood flow. (medindia.net)

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Organisms3

Diseases30

Chemicals and Drugs5

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment41

Psychiatry and Psychology1

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Graphic monitoring of labour. (1/866)

Restriction of placental and fetal growth in sheep alters fetal blood pressure responses to angiotensin II and captopril. (2/866)

Heart specific expression of mouse BMP-10 a novel member of the TGF-beta superfamily. (3/866)

YAC complementation shows a requirement for Wt1 in the development of epicardium, adrenal gland and throughout nephrogenesis. (4/866)

Cardiac blood flow studies in fetuses with homozygous alpha-thalassemia-1 at 12-13 weeks of gestation. (5/866)

Characteristics of blood flow in intrauterine growth-restricted fetuses with hypercoiled cord. (6/866)

Prevalence of aneuploidy with a cardiac intraventricular echogenic focus in an at-risk patient population. (7/866)

Loss of a gp130 cardiac muscle cell survival pathway is a critical event in the onset of heart failure during biomechanical stress. (8/866)

Fetal Heart

Heart Rate, Fetal

Heart

Fetal Monitoring

Cardiotocography

Heart Rate

Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Heart Defects, Congenital

Pregnancy

Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional

Fetal Movement

Gestational Age

Fetal Diseases

Fetal Distress

Fetal Hypoxia

Umbilical Arteries

Fetus

Heart Failure

Heart Block

Canrenoic Acid

Pregnancy Trimester, Second

Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional

Heart Diseases

Magnetocardiography

Ultrasonography, Doppler

Heart Transplantation

Pregnancy Trimester, Third

Heart Valves

Pregnancy Trimester, First

Labor, Obstetric

Myocardium

Cardiac Volume

Bradycardia

Pregnancy Outcome

Echocardiography

Fetal Development

Abortion, Threatened

Prenatal Diagnosis

Maternal-Fetal Exchange

Sheep

Blood Flow Velocity

Heart Atria

Apgar Score

Myocytes, Cardiac

Echocardiography, Doppler, Color

Fetal Growth Retardation

Prospective Studies

Myocardial Contraction

Hemodynamics

Infant, Newborn

Perinatology

Crown-Rump Length

Electronics, Medical

Heart Septum

Pregnancy Complications

Analgesia, Obstetrical

Pregnancy, High-Risk

Placental Circulation

Anesthesia, Obstetrical

Cardiomegaly

Heart Auscultation

Tocolytic Agents

Heart Arrest, Induced

Heart Function Tests

Umbilical Cord

Sheep, Domestic

Cesarean Section

Down Syndrome

Sufentanil

Sensitivity and Specificity

Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

Time Factors

Feasibility Studies

Tachycardia

Myocardial Ischemia

Embryonic and Fetal Development

Reproducibility of Results

Ultrasonography

Heart Ventricles

Anesthesia, Epidural