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<p>Congenital heart malformations are cardiac and/or vascular structural abnormalities that appear before birth, the majority of which can be detected prenatally. The latest data from the literature were reviewed, with reference to the degree of prenatal diagnosis regarding congenital heart malformations, as well as its impact on the preoperative evolution and implicitly on mortality. Studies with a significant number of enrolled patients were included in the research. Prenatal congenital heart malformations detection rates were different, depending on the period in which the study took place, the level of the medical center, as well as on the size of enrolled groups. Prenatal diagnosis in critical malformations such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of great arteries and totally aberrant pulmonary venous drainage has proven its usefulness, allowing an early surgical intervention, thus ensuring improved neurological development, increasing the survival rate and decreasing the rate of subsequent complications. Sharing the experience and results obtained by each individual therapeutic center will definitely lead to drawing clear conclusions regarding the clinical contribution of congenital heart malformations prenatal detection.</p></abstract>

Congenital heart malformations are cardiac and/or vascular structural abnormalities that appear before birth, the majority of which can be detected prenatally. The latest data from the literature were reviewed, with reference to the degree of prenatal diagnosis regarding congenital heart malformations, as well as its impact on the preoperative evolution and implicitly on mortality. Studies with a significant number of enrolled patients were included in the research. Prenatal congenital heart malformations detection rates were different, depending on the period in which the study took place, the level of the medical center, as well as on the size of enrolled groups. Prenatal diagnosis in critical malformations such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of great arteries and totally aberrant pulmonary venous drainage has proven its usefulness, allowing an early surgical intervention, thus ensuring improved neurological development, increasing the survival rate and decreasing the rate of subsequent complications. Sharing the experience and results obtained by each individual therapeutic center will definitely lead to drawing clear conclusions regarding the clinical contribution of congenital heart malformations prenatal detection.

The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis in the Evolution of Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine

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Congenital heart malformations are cardiac and/or vascular structural abnormalities that appear before birth, the majority of which can be detected prenatally....

The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis in the Evolution of Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Feb 08, 2023

Page range: 6 - 11

Received: Sep 09, 2022

Accepted: Jan 25, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2023-0007

Keywords
congenital heart malformations, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography

© 2023 Daniela Toma, Elena Moldovan, Liliana Gozar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis in the Evolution of Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Feb 08, 2023

Page range: 6 - 11

Received: Sep 09, 2022

Accepted: Jan 25, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2023-0007

Keywordscongenital heart malformations, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography

© 2023 Daniela Toma, Elena Moldovan, Liliana Gozar, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
congenital heart malformations, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography