Chorioamnionitis electrocardiogram

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Adnan Ezici, M.D [2]

Overview

There are no ECG findings associated with chorioamnionitis.

Electrocardiogram

There are no ECG findings associated with chorioamnionitis.

In histological chorioamnionitis, increased short-term variability of the fetal heart rate on fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) might indicate the fetal deterioration.^[1]

References

↑ Kyozuka H, Yasuda S, Hiraiwa T, Nomura Y, Fujimori K (September 2018). “The change of fetal heart rate short-term variability during the course of histological chorioamnionitis in fetal sheep”. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 228: 32–37. doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.06.015. PMID 29908375.

Overview