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Safak Olgan1, Mehmet Sakinci1, Murat Ozekinci1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, 07059 Antalya, Turkey.
Abstract:
Umbilical artery\vein, middle cerebral artery, and ductus venosus Doppler velocimetry were performed at 33 weeks of gestation in the settings of an intrauterine growth restricted fetus during a heart rate deceleration. Interestingly, we recorded a sudden onset redistribution of fetal blood flow with fetal bradycardia. Spontaneous normalization of waveforms was observed once fetal heart rate returned to normal. Our case provides evidence to circulatory variation of a human fetus resulting from an acute incident causing bradycardia.
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