Congenital Heart Defects and Indices of Fetal Cerebral Growth in a Nationwide Cohort of 924 422 Liveborn Infants
Author(s) -
Niels B. Matthiesen,
Tine Brink Henriksen,
J. William Gaynor,
Peter Agergaard,
Cathrine Carlsen Bach,
Vibeke E. Hjortdal,
John R. Østergaard
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.019089
Subject(s) - medicine , great arteries , hypoplastic left heart syndrome , tetralogy of fallot , cardiology , confidence interval , gestational age , birth weight , cohort , population , pediatrics , heart disease , pregnancy , environmental health , biology , genetics
Neurodevelopmental disorders are the most common and distressful comorbidities associated with congenital heart defects (CHD). Head circumference at birth (HC), a proxy for prenatal cerebral growth, is an established risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders.
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