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  • Title: Fetal electrocardiograms, direct and abdominal with reference heartbeat annotations.
    Author: Matonia A, Jezewski J, Kupka T, Jezewski M, Horoba K, Wrobel J, Czabanski R, Kahankowa R.
    Journal: Sci Data; 2020 Jun 25; 7(1):200. PubMed ID: 32587253.
    Abstract:
    Monitoring fetal heart rate (FHR) variability plays a fundamental role in fetal state assessment. Reliable FHR signal can be obtained from an invasive direct fetal electrocardiogram (FECG), but this is limited to labour. Alternative abdominal (indirect) FECG signals can be recorded during pregnancy and labour. Quality, however, is much lower and the maternal heart and uterine contractions provide sources of interference. Here, we present ten twenty-minute pregnancy signals and 12 five-minute labour signals. Abdominal FECG and reference direct FECG were recorded simultaneously during labour. Reference pregnancy signal data came from an automated detector and were corrected by clinical experts. The resulting dataset exhibits a large variety of interferences and clinically significant FHR patterns. We thus provide the scientific community with access to bioelectrical fetal heart activity signals that may enable the development of new methods for FECG signals analysis, and may ultimately advance the use and accuracy of abdominal electrocardiography methods.
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