Fetal echocardiographic parameters in pregnancies complicated by diabetes: a case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At present, the prevalence of pregestational diabetes is 2.2% with an overall prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy of about 16.2%. Fetuses of diabetic mothers are at risk of functional cardiac abnormalities without structural cardiac anomalies especially in the third trimester. The main aim of this study was to assess the association of diabetes with different fetal echocardiographic parameters.

Methods

A case control study comprising a total of 120 pregnant women (60 cases and 60 controls). The cases group included fetuses of mothers known to have pre-gestational type 2 diabetes (DM group) while the control group included fetuses of euglycaemic healthy pregnant women. They were examined twice at 23-24 weeks' gestation (visit 1) and followed up at 27-28 weeks

SUBMITTER: Darwish A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386926 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature