Why the study?
Maternal diabetes mellitus is a known risk factor for congenital heart diseases, prompting exploration of the spectrum of congenital heart defects in infants of diabetic mothers to inform screening strategies.
Population
293 infants born to diabetic mothers meeting inclusion criteria in Saudi Arabia
Design
Single-center exploratory study
Follow-up
Within the first seven days of life
Authors
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May warrant closer CHD monitoring in infants of diabetic mothers; leaves open mechanistic and preventive insights from larger studies.
A high prevalence (68.3%) of congenital heart defects was observed among infants of diabetic mothers, highlighting the critical need for routine early echocardiographic screening in this population.
Ghadeer et al. (2024) studied this question.
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