Brain abnormalities and neurodevelopmental delay in congenital heart disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-24

  Khalil, A ^a   Suff, N ^b   Thilaganathan, B ^a   Hurrell, A ^b   Cooper, D ^c   Carvalho, J S ^a,d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain lesion; congenital heart defects; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; neurodevelopmental outcome; neuroimaging; transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES;

BRAIN LESION; CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME; NEUROIMAGING; TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES;

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891792757     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12526     Document Type: Review

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