March 2024. Volume 20. Number 1

Aortic Coarctation: a challenge in neonatal screening for congenital heart disease in newborns

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lannering K, Kazamia K, Bergman G, Östman-Smith I, Liuba P, Dahlqvist JA, et al. Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects in Sweden. Pediatrics. 2023;152(4):e2023061949.

Reviewers: Martínez Rubio M.V1, Flores Villar S2.
1Pediatra. CS Los Fresnos. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
2Pediatra. Área de Hospitalización Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: M.ª Victoria Martínez Rubio. Email: victmrubio@gmail.com
Reception date: 05/02/2024
Acceptance date: 12/02/2024
Publication date: 28/02/2024

Abstract

Authors´ conclusions: neonatal screening for the early detection of congenital heart disease in newborns through pre- and post-ductal pulse oximetry, and neonatal physical examination in maternity hospitals, complement the regulated prenatal ultrasound study carried out around week 18-20 of gestation. Even so, 10% of neonatal congenital heart diseases escape, with coarctation of the aorta being the most predominant among them.

Reviewers´ commentary: the sequential screening protocol for severe congenital heart diseases allows the early detection of 90% of these. The three steps of the screening process are important, as it is the physical examination, especially in the detection of aortic coarctation, which is the most frequent of them and which remains with detection levels well below these figures. It would be good, therefore, to find an additional screening method for this heart disease applicable in neonatal units before discharge.

How to cite this article

Martínez Rubio V, Flores Villar S. La coartación de aorta: un reto en el cribado neonatal de cardiopatías congénitas en los recién nacidos. Evid Pediatr. 2024;20:9.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Lannering K, Kazamia K, Bergman G, Östman-Smith I, Liuba P, Dahlqvist JA, et al. Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects in Sweden. Pediatrics. 2023;152(4):e2023061949.

Reviewers: Martínez Rubio M.V1, Flores Villar S2.
1Pediatra. CS Los Fresnos. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
2Pediatra. Área de Hospitalización Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario MútuaTerrassa. Barcelona. España.
Correspondence: M.ª Victoria Martínez Rubio. Email: victmrubio@gmail.com
Reception date: 05/02/2024
Acceptance date: 12/02/2024
Publication date: 28/02/2024

How to cite this article

Martínez Rubio V, Flores Villar S. La coartación de aorta: un reto en el cribado neonatal de cardiopatías congénitas en los recién nacidos. Evid Pediatr. 2024;20:9.

28/02/2024

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