Reduced fetal cerebral oxygen consumption is associated with smaller brain size in fetuses with congenital heart disease.

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Fetal hypoxia has been implicated in the abnormal brain development seen in newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD). New magnetic resonance imaging technology now offers the potential to investigate the relationship between fetal hemodynamics and brain dysmaturation.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Circulation

Title: Circulation

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1524-4539

ISSN (Print): 0009-7322

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 14 2015

Volume: 131

Issue: 15

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[1 ] From Department of Ultrasound, International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (L.S.); Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics (L.S., S.-J.Y., C.M., P.P., L.G.-W., E.J., B.W.M., M.S.), Department of Physiology and Experimental Medicine (C.K.M., J.G.S.), Department of Diagnostic Imaging (S.-J.Y., L.G.-W., M.S.), Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (E.H.), and Department of Pediatric Neurology (S.M.), University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (J.K.).

[2 ] From Department of Ultrasound, International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (L.S.); Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics (L.S., S.-J.Y., C.M., P.P., L.G.-W., E.J., B.W.M., M.S.), Department of Physiology and Experimental Medicine (C.K.M., J.G.S.), Department of Diagnostic Imaging (S.-J.Y., L.G.-W., M.S.), Department of Cardiovascular Surgery (E.H.), and Department of Pediatric Neurology (S.M.), University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (J.K.). mike.seed@sickkids.ca.

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Publisher Item ID: CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013051 Mid ID: NIHMS665426

DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013051

PMC ID: 4398654

PubMed ID: 25762062

SO-VID: 5af708f1-a059-44c4-9343-9dd47f65275f

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Keywords: brain,heart diseases,hemodynamics,magnetic resonance imaging,pediatrics

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Keywords: brain, heart diseases, hemodynamics, magnetic resonance imaging, pediatrics

Reduced fetal cerebral oxygen consumption is associated with smaller brain size in fetuses with congenital heart disease.

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