Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Congenital heart disease diagnosed with echocardiogram in newborns with asymptomatic cardiac murmurs: a systematic review.
- Cardiovascular
- Congenital heart disease
- Medical
- Newborn examination
- Postnatal and transitional care
This paper is from 2020, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This systematic review examines the incidence of congenital heart disease diagnosed by echocardiography in newborns with asymptomatic, non-syndromic cardiac murmurs. Twelve studies (cohort, cross-sectional and case reports) covering 1928 newborns were included, with over a third found to have CHD, most commonly ventricular septal defect. Most affected infants had moderate CHD needing cardiology follow-up, and a small proportion had severe CHD requiring urgent intervention. The authors suggest echocardiography may aid earlier detection of CHD in otherwise well newborns with murmurs.
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