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ArticleEarly human development2026

Placental vascular abnormality is associated with worse neurodevelopmental outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease and genetic abnormality.

Kelly L Meyer, Clare O'Hare, Mai He, Gillian Mayersohn, Avihu Z Gazit, Anthony Odibo, Jinli Wang, Cynthia M Ortinau

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Kelly L MeyerDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. Electronic address: Kelly.meyer@wustl.edu.
Clare O'HareDivision of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Children's, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Mai HeDepartment of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Gillian MayersohnDepartment of Psychology at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, 1465 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Department of Pediatrics at Saint Louis School of Medicine, 1465 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Avihu Z GazitDepartment of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Anthony OdiboDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Health Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA.
Jinli WangInstitute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Cynthia M OrtinauDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.

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Physiologic and Genetic Contributions of Impaired Fetal Brain Development in Congenital Heart DiseaseK23HL141602 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ORTINAU, CYNTHIA MARIE · 2019 to 2022
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NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL141602
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objectiveDetermine the association of placental vascular abnormality with neurodevelopment (ND) in toddlers with congenital heart disease (CHD) requiring intervention with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in the first year of life. STUDY

designThis single center retrospective cohort study included 69 singleton, term-born infants with prenatally diagnosed CHD requiring CPB in infancy who had placental pathology data and underwent ND follow-up assessment with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley). Infants with a clinically diagnosed genetic abnormality were included. Placental vascular abnormality was defined as maternal vascular malperfusion, fetal vascular malperfusion, or delayed villous maturation. Multivariable regression models were used to assess the association between placental vascular abnormality and Bayley scores.

resultsPlacental vascular abnormality was present in 43 % (30/69) of the cohort and was associated with lower Bayley language and motor scores on univariate analysis. A significant interaction was identified between placental vascular abnormality and genetic abnormality, which occurred in 26 % (18/69) of the cohort. In multivariable models, compared to infants with genetic abnormality alone, infants with placental vascular abnormality and genetic abnormality had lower cognitive (group difference -18.4, 95 % CI -30.7, -6.1), language (group difference -27.5, 95 % CI -41.2, -13.9), and motor (group difference -27.6, 95 % CI -40.9, -14.2) composite scores. There was no association of placental vascular abnormality with ND scores for infants without genetic abnormality in multivariable models.

conclusionPlacental vascular abnormalities are associated with worse ND outcomes in infants with CHD when a genetic abnormality is also present.

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Child DevelopmentHeart Defects, CongenitalNeurodevelopmental DisordersPlacentaVascular MalformationsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePregnancyRetrospective StudiesCongenital heart diseaseNeurodevelopmental outcomesPlacenta

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