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Yousefi M, Arjmandnia M H, Miraj S, Mohammadbeigi A, Hosseini R, Takmili M et al . Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Infants of Mothers With Diabetes. J Vessel Circ 2023; 4 (3) :95-100
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Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Infants of Mothers With Diabetes
Maryam Yousefi1 , Mohammad Hosein Arjmandnia * 2, Sepideh Miraj3 , Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi4 , Reihanehsadat Hosseini5 , Mahla Takmili6 , Shima Rahimi7
1- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
2- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Hazrat-e Fateme Masoume Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
3- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Nekouei-Hedayati-Forghani Hospital, Qom University of Medical Science, Qom, Iran.
4- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
5- Department of Nurse, Faculty of Medicine, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, United States.
6- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
7- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Yas Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Background and Aim: Research has shown that maternal diabetes is an important factor in increasing the risk of various congenital heart defects. This research investigated the presence of cardiovascular abnormalities in infants born to diabetic mothers.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on pregnant women who were referred to Hazrat Masoumeh (PBUH) Hospital in Qom City, Iran, for echocardiography from 2021 to 2022. Sampling was done among diabetic and healthy pregnant women using a simple random method. First, the necessary information was collected through echocardiography findings in the patients’ files, and the data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 26, and related tests.
Results: In this study, 13 infants (14.4%) had a cardiac abnormality, of whom six infants (6.7%) were born to mothers with type 1 diabetes and seven infants (7.8%) were born to mothers with type 2 diabetes. No significant difference was found between the average age of the mothers (P=0.648), the gender of the infants (P=0.733), the weight of the infants (P=0.143), gestational status (P=0.229), maternal occupation (P=0.077), type of delivery (P=0.675), the Apgar score at one minute (P=0.709), and Apgar score at five minutes (P=0.736) between the two groups of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Conclusion: Babies born to mothers with diabetes are more likely to have congenital heart diseases (CHDs). It is recommended to use transthoracic echocardiography as a screening tool to diagnose CHDs in infants born to diabetic mothers.
Keywords: Echocardiography, Fetus, Cardiovascular abnormalities, Diabetes mellitus (DM)
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: cardiovascular diseases
Received: 2023/12/23 | Accepted: 2024/03/18 | Published: 2024/02/29
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