Congenital heart defects in IVF/ICSI pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Veronica GiorgioneF ParazziniV FesslovaS CiprianiM CandianiAnnalisa Inversetti Cristina SigismondiF TiberioPaolo Ivo Cavoretto

Published in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2018)

Fetuses conceived with IVF/ICSI methods are at an increased risk of developing CHD compared with those conceived spontaneously. However, this finding deserves further investigation due to heterogeneity of both ART procedures and cardiac defects. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
left ventricular
single cell
gestational age
antiretroviral therapy
heart failure
systematic review