Outcomes of Infants with Prenatally Diagnosed Congenital Heart Disease. Delivered in a Tertiary-care Pediatric Cardiac Facility

Objective: To report short-term outcomes of infants with prenatally diagnosed Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) delivered in a tertiary-care cardiac facility. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary-care referral hospital. Participants: Children with prenatally diagnosed CHDs who underwent delivery at study centre during the period January 2008 - December 2013 were included. Outcomes tracked from hospital records and direct follow-up. Results: Of the 552 fetuses diagnosed to have CHD, 121 (22%) were delivered at the study centre. Fetuses undergoing a planned delivery were diagnosed in late gestation (mean gestational age 31.5 +/- 5.1 wk). 74 fetuses (61.2%) had simple CHD and rest were complex. 96 (79.3%) neonates received cardiac care; 30 (24.8%) required surgery while 5 received catheter-based interventions. 11 patients underwent surgery on follow-up. Neonatal survival in cardiac care group was 93.8%; on follow-up (12.5 +/- 13.1 mo); 83 (86.4%) of these infants were alive. All infants undergoing neonatal surgery or catheter-based interventions survived. 25 patients (20.6%) received comfort care (Complex CHD, associated co-morbidities); 14 (56%) survived neonatal period and 6 (24%) were alive on follow-up. Conclusions: Infants with prenatal diagnosis of CHD and planned delivery in a cardiac facility had satisfactory immediate outcomes, expecially in those receiving specialized post-natal cardiac care.