Placental pathology in fetuses with and without congenital heart defects
Tucker E Doiron, Sherri Besmer, Jessenia Guerrero, Joanne Salas, Lauren Fox, Emily Zantow, Niraj R Chavan · 2026
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Description
Tucker Doiron and co-authors compared placenta findings in births with and without a fetal heart defect, in a 2026 study. The placenta and the fetal heart share linked blood systems, so harm in one may echo in the other. The team ran a case-control study at one center over a span of about ten years. Slides from each placenta were stripped of names and read in a standard way.
Just over three hundred fifty patients took part, with about one third in the heart defect group. Babies in that group far more often needed intensive care after birth. One placenta trait, an excess of small vessels, was also more common in that group. So was a grouped measure of poor blood flow on the fetal side. The authors say these links may help explain how heart defects and placenta health shape each other before birth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tucker E Doiron, Sherri Besmer, Jessenia Guerrero, Joanne Salas, Lauren Fox, Emily Zantow, Niraj R Chavan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |