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  • Title: Association of abnormal flow velocity waveforms in the uterine artery with frequency-specific fetal heart rate variability.
    Author: Metsälä TH, Pirhonen JP, Jalonen JO, Erkkola RU, Välimäki IA.
    Journal: Early Hum Dev; 1993 Oct; 34(3):217-25. PubMed ID: 8287806.
    Abstract:
    The aim of the study was to determine if abnormal flow velocity waveforms in the uterine artery are associated with altered frequency-specific fetal heart rate variability (HRV). Fetuses in the last third of gestation were studied. In seven fetuses the pulsatility index (PI) of the blood flow velocity waveform in the uterine artery was increased (Group II), and in ten fetuses the PI was normal (Group I). Frequency-specific HRV (0.025-0.07 Hz, 0.07-0.13 Hz, 0.13-1.0 Hz) was quantified by power spectral analysis and correlated with the PI in the uterine artery, umbilical artery and the middle cerebral artery. The slow variability dominated the fetal HRV. There was no difference between the groups in the mean frequency-specific variability. In Group II, an increase of the PI in the umbilical artery and a decrease in the middle cerebral artery correlated with an increase of HRV, the increase being greatest at the lowest frequency band.
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