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Chapter 16 - Fetal Cerebral Consequences of Structural Heart Disease: Can These Be Ameliorated?

from Structural Heart Disease in the Fetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

By
Mike Seed
Edited by
Mark D. Kilby ,
Anthony Johnson  and
Dick Oepkes
Mark D. Kilby
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Anthony Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Dick Oepkes
Affiliation:
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
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Summary

The heart is the organ most frequently affected by birth defects, and congenital heart disease (CHD) is present in almost 1% of newborns. Over the past 50 years, innovations in cardiac surgery have transformed the outcomes of children born with CHD, such that 85% of these children now survive into adulthood. As a result, our focus is shifting towards the functional outcomes of children with these common birth malformations, not least their neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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Fetal Therapy
Scientific Basis and Critical Appraisal of Clinical Benefits
 , pp. 157 - 165
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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