[Left ventricular function in newborn infants of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To evaluate left ventricular function in newborn infants of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods: Forty newborn infants of mother with GDM (GDM group) and forty normal newborn infants (control group) were enrolled in this study. Two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging was used to measure interventricular septal thickness, posterior left ventricular wall thickness and left ventricular ejection fraction in both groups.