Outcomes of critical congenital heart disease requiring emergent neonatal cardiac intervention.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate outcomes for neonates with critical congenital heart disease (CHD) requiring emergent neonatal cardiac intervention (ENCI).

Methods: Neonates < 30 days of age that underwent ENCI at <48 h of age were retrospectively enrolled over a 2-year period.

Results: Forty-seven neonates met inclusion criteria for ENCI comprising nine cardiac defects that underwent 25 catheterizations and 22 cardiothoracic surgeries.

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: impact of mode of delivery on neonatal outcome.

Objective: We sought to evaluate the impact of mode of delivery (MOD) on early outcome for neonates diagnosed prenatally with major forms of congenital heart disease (CHD).

Methods: We retrospectively studied infants admitted, over a 2-year period, to a single institution for cardiac intervention. Infants were grouped on the basis of timing of diagnosis (prenatal/postnatal) and MOD--planned (induced labor or planned cesarean delivery) versus spontaneous labor.