fetal bradycardia

fetal bradycardia
a fetal heart rate of less than 120 beats per minute, generally associated with hypoxia and usually due to placental insufficiency; it may also result from placental transfer of local anesthetics or beta-adrenergic blocking agents, or occasionally from heart block associated with congenital heart disease or maternal collagen vascular disease.

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