Fu-Tsuen Lee, Liqun Sun, Joshua F P van Amerom, Sharon Portnoy, Davide Marini, Amandeep Saini, Natasha Milligan, Jessie Mei Lim, Brahmdeep Saini, Thiviya Selvanathan, Vanna Kazazian, Renee Sananes, Edgar Jaeggi, John C Kingdom, Christopher K Macgowan, Linh Ly, Vann Chau, Steven P Miller, Mike Seed
BACKGROUND: Fetuses with cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) exhibit profound fetal circulatory disturbances that may affect early outcomes. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to investigate the relationship between fetal hemodynamics and early survival and neurodevelopmental (ND) outcomes in patients with cyanotic CHD. METHODS: In this longitudinal observational study, fetuses with cyanotic CHD underwent late gestational fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to measure vessel blood flow and oxygen content...
April 2, 2024: Journal of the American College of Cardiology