SLOW HEART REGISTRY: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study of Fetal Immune-Mediated High-Degree Heart Block
The SLOW HEART REGISTRY is a multi-centered prospective observational study that will address the knowledge gap to guide future management of high-degree immune-mediated heart block to the best of care. The study seeks to establish an international database of the management and outcome of affected fetuses, to be used to publish information on the results of currently available prenatal care and to evaluate the need for additional research.
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Clinical Trial of Fetal Brain Intervention/embolization for Vein of Galen Malformations at Boston Children’s Hospital is Now Open for Recruitment.
While many vein of Galen patients do very well with conventional treatment after birth, there remains a significant fraction who will develop severe cardiopulmonary symptoms soon after delivery, and this subgroup has a high risk of morbidity and mortality, even with expert care. An IRB and FDA-approved clinical trial of fetal brain intervention/embolization for vein of Galen malformations at Boston Children’s Hospital is now open for recruitment.
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New Study-Inozyme
PI: Brian Bush
Stage: STUDY ENROLLING
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International Fetal Cardiac Intervention Registry
PI’s: Anita J. Moon-Grady, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE, Dick Oepkes, MD, PhD
The aim of IFCIR, the International Fetal Cardiac Intervention Registry, is to improve the care and outcome for mothers and babies when the pregnancy is complicated by congenital heart disease in the fetus. Specifically, through this website we share our experiences, protocols, technical aspects and outcome data for fetal patients with congenital heart disease potentially amenable to intervention before birth.
IFCIR represents an independent group of medical centers and healthcare professionals, endorsed by members of the leading scientific organizations of physicians working in this field.
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Heart Sounds at Home
PI: Bettina Cuneo, MD
The purpose of the research study “Heart Sounds at Home” is for pregnant SSA positive mothers using a home Doppler fetal heart rate monitor, to detect abnormal heart rates and rhythms in their babies before they are born.
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