Determining the frequency of cardiovascular abnormalities in infants born to mothers with diabetes referring to Hazrat Masoumeh Hospital between the years 2021 and 2022

ntroduction and aim: Research has shown that maternal diabetes is an important factor that increases the risk of various congenital heart defects. The purpose of this research was to investigate the presence of cardiovascular abnormalities in fetuses born from diabetic mothers. Methods: This study was conducted as a Cross Sectional. The study population was all pregnant women who were referred to Hazrat Masoumeh (PBUH) Hospital for echocardiography during the years 1400 to 1401. Sampling was done among diabetic and healthy pregnant women by simple random method. Information First, the required information was collected through echocardiography findings in the patient's file and the data was analyzed using SPSS software and related tests. Results: In this study, 13 infants (14.4%) had a cardiac abnormality, of which 6 infants (6.7%) were born to mothers with type 1 diabetes and 7 infants (7.8%) were born to mothers with type 2 diabetes. There were no significant differences found between the average age of the mothers (P=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), Apgar score at one minute (P=0.709), and at five minutes (P=0.736) between the two groups of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Conclusion: Our results show that babies born to mothers with diabetes are more likely to have congenital heart diseases. It is recommended to use transthoracic echocardiography as a screening tool to diagnose congenital heart diseases in babies born to diabetic mothers

Determining the frequency of cardiovascular abnormalities in infants born to mothers with diabetes referring to Hazrat Masoumeh Hospital between the years 2021 and 2022 Keywords:

Echocardiography , Fetus , Cardiovascular Abnormalities , Diabetes Mellitus