Neurodevelopment in infants with CHD may be predicted in utero

DENVER — Selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predicted adverse development among infants with congenital heart disease, according to study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
The results suggest that neurodevelopment in infants with CHD may be predicted early in utero, which could assist with providing early targeted interventions in a child’s first years.
Yao Wu, PhD, a pediatrician at the Children’s National Hospital Developing Brain Institute, told Healio that fetuses with complex CHD are at high risk for impaired prenatal brain

DENVER — Selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predicted adverse development among infants with congenital heart disease, according to study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
The results suggest that neurodevelopment in infants with CHD may be predicted early in utero, which could assist with providing early targeted interventions in a child’s first years.
Yao Wu, PhD, a pediatrician at the Children’s National Hospital Developing Brain Institute, told Healio that fetuses with complex CHD are at high risk for impaired prenatal brain