Double Jeopardy: A Distinct Mortality Pattern Among Preterm Infants with Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: Contemporary United States (US) data on the survival of preterm infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are unavailable despite the over-representation of CHD and improving surgical outcomes in the preterm population. The aim of this study is to use population-based data to compare 1-year survival and early mortality (< 3 days) by gestational age (GA) between preterm infants with and without cyanotic CHD (CCHD) in the US. This national retrospective cohort included all liveborn, preterm infants between 21 and 36 weeks GA with a birth certificate indicating the presence or absence of CCHD (n = 2,654,253) born between 2014 and 2019 in the US. Data were provided by the US Center for Disease Control database linking birth and death certificates. Of liveborn preterm infants, 0.13% (n = 3619

SUBMITTER: Higgins BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11903637 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature