Clinical Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital in Zielona Gora, Poland
Original Research Article
Can fetal heart rate in twin pregnancy in the first trimester be useful as a marker of pregnancy prognosis?
Author(s): Witold Malinowski* and Magdalena Klosowska-Kwapisz
Introduction. Assessment of the fetal heart rate become a routine manner and was found to be helpful in making important clinical decisions. In the available literature there are no any information about fetal heart rate in twin pregnancy and it usefulness in predicting pregnancy outcome.
Objective. The aim of our study was to evaluate a range of heart rates in the first trimester in twin pregnancy and the influence of the rate of fetal heart on the outcome of the pregnancy.
Material and methods. The study included 89 twin pregnancies between 6 and 11 weeks of pregnancy (78 pregnancies finished with good outcome and 11 with unfavorable outcome).
Results. The date shows that the heart rate of embryos / fetuses in the first trimester of an uncomplicated twin pregnancy progressively increases between.. Read More»