Why the study?
Does maternal pregestational or gestational diabetes alter foetal cardiac structure and function compared to healthy pregnancies?
Population
110 pregnant women scheduled for foetal echocardiograms, including 32 with pregestational diabetes, 36 with…
Comparison
Pregestational diabetes mellitus and gestational… vs Non-diabetic, healthy pregnancies
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Fetal IVS thickening in diabetic pregnancies may signal early remodeling; cross-sectional data leave open prognostic value and need for intervention.
Does maternal pregestational or gestational diabetes alter foetal cardiac structure and function compared to healthy pregnancies?
Maternal pregestational and gestational diabetes are associated with increased foetal interventricular septum thickness and early signs of right ventricular diastolic impairment.
Dervişoğlu et al. (2018) studied this question.
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