Why the study?
Is Ebstein's anomaly associated with maternal mental health conditions and medication exposure during pregnancy compared to other congenital anomalies?
Population
264 cases of Ebstein's anomaly among 5.6 million births from 15 European Surveillance of Congenital…
Comparison
Exposure to maternal illnesses and medications… vs Cardiac and non-cardiac malformed controls…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Maternal mental health may merit preconception attention; leaves open medication-specific drivers of rising Ebstein's anomaly prevalence.
Is Ebstein's anomaly associated with maternal mental health conditions and medication exposure during pregnancy compared to other congenital anomalies?
The prevalence of Ebstein's anomaly is increasing, and it appears to be associated with maternal mental health conditions generally rather than specific medications like lithium or benzodiazepines.
Boyle et al. (2016) studied this question.
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