Associations of Physician Perspectives, Personal Choices, and Counseling for Severe Congenital Heart Defects.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether physicians' perspectives of outcomes or personal choices are associated with prenatal counseling for termination of pregnancy (TOP) or perinatal hospice for severe congenital heart defects (CHDs).

Method

Multicenter survey of pediatric cardiologists and congenital heart surgeons in the United States, 2016-2018. The survey measured perspectives of CHD outcomes, personal choices/considerations, and prenatal counseling for TOP or perinatal hospice. Bivariate comparisons estimated associations between outcome perspectives, personal choices, and counseling.

Results

Response rate was 77% (135/176); 47% (63/135) believed that single-ventricle portends good long-term quality of life or transplant-free survival. The majority (70%-90% depending on CH

SUBMITTER: Woo JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12530347 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature