A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health has developed a new ultrasound technique to monitor the placenta for impaired fetal blood flow early in pregnancy. The technique, ...

Center volume for fetal aortic valvuloplasty is not associated with technical success or complications but is linked to lower periprocedural death.

USA: Lower maternal diastolic blood pressure was associated with better fetal brain maturation in pregnancies complicated by ...

Transforming a single diploid cell into a living and breathing infant over approximately 280 days is a complex and distinctive process. A successful pregnancy relies on many biochemical processes ...

Approximately 8 out of every 1,000 newborns are affected by a congenital heart defect. CHDs remain the most common type of ...

Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) often have neurodevelopmental impairment. Until fairly recently, this was thought to stem from complications of cardiac surgery or reduced oxygen supply to ...

The court, quoting from one of the patents, noted that: The major proportion (generally >90%) of the extracellular DNA in material circulation is derived from the mother. This vast bulk of maternal ...