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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2022; 44(10): 953-961
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755458
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755458
Review Article
Pregestational Diabetes and Congenital Heart Defects
Diabetes pré-gestacional e defeitos cardíacos congênitos
Abstract
Studies have consistently shown a significant increase in the risk of congenital heart defects in the offspring of diabetic mothers compared with those of nondiabetic pregnancies. Evidence points that all types of pregestational diabetes have the capacity of generating cardiac malformations in a more accentuated manner than in gestational diabetes, and there seems to be an increased risk for all congenital heart defects phenotypes in the presence of maternal diabetes. Currently, the application of some therapies is under study in an attempt to reduce the risks inherent to diabetic pregnancies; however, it has not yet been possible to fully prove their effectiveness. The present review aims to better understand the mechanisms that govern the association between pregestational diabetes and congenital heart defects and how maternal diabetes interferes with fetal cardiac development, as there is still a long way to go in the investigation of this complex process.
Resumo
Estudos têm demonstrado consistentemente um aumento significativo no risco de defeitos cardíacos congênitos em filhos de mães diabéticas em comparação com os de gestações não diabéticas. Evidências apontam que todos os tipos de diabetes pré-gestacional têm capacidade de gerar malformações cardíacas mais acentuadas do que no diabetes gestacional e parece haver um risco aumentado para todos os fenótipos de cardiopatias congênitas na presença de diabetes materno. Atualmente, está em estudo a aplicação de algumas terapias na tentativa de diminuir os riscos inerentes à gravidez diabética; no entanto, ainda não foi possível comprovar totalmente a sua eficácia. A presente revisão visa compreender melhor os mecanismos que regem a associação entre diabetes pré-gestacional e cardiopatias congênitas e como o diabetes materno interfere no desenvolvimento cardíaco fetal, pois ainda há um longo caminho a percorrer na investigação deste processo complexo.
Palavras-chave
diabetes pré-gestacional - diabetes melito - hiperglicemia - defeitos cardíacos congênitosPublication History
Received: 22 December 2021
Accepted: 03 June 2022
Article published online:
29 November 2022
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