Management of coarctation of the aorta during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT

In this report, we shall describe the instantaneous electronic monitoring of the fetal heart rate at 24 weeks' gestation. The mother was undergoing resection of coarctation of the aorta. Because the fetal heart rate reflects by physiological and pharmacologic events, monitoring this rate enabled the anesthesiologists and surgeons to make therapeutic intervention sooner and on a more rational basis.