Maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may adversely affect the development of the newborn’s heart, resulting in congenital heart defects (CHD), researchers suggested yesterday in Scientific Reports.
The study was based on outcomes seen among women who gave birth at the Shanxi Province Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Hospital in China in 2023. The study included 119 pregnant women with COVID-19 and 412 pregnant women with no recorded COVID infections.