Rate of prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease continued to improve despite <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 pandemic: multicenter <scp>Canadian</scp> study
Despite the reduction in clinical services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of prenatal diagnosis of critical CHD continued to increase during the pandemic in two of Canada's largest provinces. These findings provide reassurance regarding the impact of refined fetal cardiology referral indications for resource-limited scenarios. © 2025 The Author(s). Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Authors
- Árpád Szabó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-2049)
- Meher Lad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7058-7474)
- Luke Eckersley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2638-2775)
- Lindsay R. Freud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-081X)
- Lynne E. Nield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1301-0227)
- Bhawna Arya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8552-5396)
- Lisa K. Hornberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-3202)
- Heather Rose
- Deborah Fruitman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-2668)
- Douglas C. Dover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2634-857X)
- Jane Lougheed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-1301)
- Heili Poolsaar
- E. Blagdon
- G. Mansuskani
Institutions
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
- Canadian VIGOUR Centre (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Published
- 2025-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.70028
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00