Why the study?
What are the outcomes and factors influencing mortality in prenatally detected congenital heart disease?
Population
222 continuing pregnancies with structural heart disease diagnosed before birth seen over a 10-year period
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to >4 years
Authors
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High mortality in fetal CHD warrants cautious prenatal counseling; leaves open prospective studies to refine risk stratification.
What are the outcomes and factors influencing mortality in prenatally detected congenital heart disease?
Prenatal diagnosis of structural heart disease is associated with high mortality (79%), heavily influenced by the presence of extracardiac anomalies and prenatal cardiac failure.
Sharland et al. (1991) studied this question.
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