Congenital Heart Disease

Among women with congenital heart disease, pregnancy was associated with an increase in adverse long-term cardiac outcomes, according to a retrospective longitudinal cohort study.

In a meta-analysis, neonatal mortality and maternal and neonatal morbidity rose as the severity of maternal congenital heart disease increased.

Patients with adult congenital heart disease who have general risk factors such as age, obesity and multiple comorbidities had elevated risk for complicated COVID-19, according to researchers.

The FDA announced it approved a self-expanding nonsurgical heart valve for pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract.

In 1952, Irene Pollin’s firstborn son, Kenneth, died of congenital heart disease at age 15 months. More than a decade later, her daughter, Linda, succumbed to the same inherited condition at age 16 years

The AAP and Bright Futures made updates to their recommendations for preventive pediatric care, adding screenings for adolescent and maternal depression, prepubertal cholesterol and HIV, among others.

Dual vaping and traditional cigarette use induced responses that are similar to stresses caused by traditional cigarette use, nationally representative data showed. It was the top story in cardiology last week.

Financial hardship, food insecurities and delays in care due to medical costs are common among families of children with congenital heart disease, researchers reported.

Children with congenital heart disease are significantly more likely to have anxiety, depression or ADHD, according to data from a Texas hospital.

Fetal echocardiograms for low-risk pregnancies have been reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may bring about a need for fetal tele-echocardiography, according to a review published in Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.