British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
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Br J Obstet Gynaecol · Jun 1981
Case ReportsFetal heart monitoring during open heart surgery. Two case reports.
Two patients with critical mitral stenosis underwent open mitral valvotomy during the third trimester of pregnancy. Fetal monitoring throughout heart-lung bypass produced evidence of acute fetal hypoxia. Healthy live full-term infants were subsequently delivered.