Why the study?
Does complex congenital heart disease increase the prevalence of structural brain abnormalities detected by fetal MR imaging compared to healthy pregnancies?
Population
338 fetuses at a mean gestational age of 30.61 ± 4.67 weeks.
Comparison
Conventional fetal MR imaging between 18 and 39… vs Control group of fetuses from healthy…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May warrant fetal MR consideration in complex CHD; leaves open prognostic value for neurodevelopment.
Does complex congenital heart disease increase the prevalence of structural brain abnormalities detected by fetal MR imaging compared to healthy pregnancies?
Fetuses with complex congenital heart disease have a significantly higher prevalence of relatively mild structural brain abnormalities detected by fetal MR imaging compared to healthy controls.
Brossard‐Racine et al. (2014) studied this question.
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