Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Biography

Dr. Richard G. Ohye is a researcher in Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.  Author has overseen multiple clinical research projects in field of cardiology and Child Health. One of their renowned works are 
"Evaluation of Explanted CorMatrix TYKE Extracardiac Patches in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease"

Publications

• Research Article   
  Can we Improve the Perinatal Outcomes and Early Postnatal Survival of Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease by Initiating Specialized Prenatal Consultation Service?
  Author(s): Yanji Qu, Jimei Chen, Fengzhen Han, Shao Lin, Erin M. Bell, Wei Pan, Teresa Huang, Yanqiu Ou, Shusheng Wen, Jinzhuang Mai, Zhiqiang Nie, Xiangmin Gao, Yong Wu, Emily Lipton, Richard G. Ohye, Jian Zhuang and Xiaoqing Liu*
  
  Background: Requirements of specialized prenatal consultation after prenatal diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is increasing, but its impact is not clear. This study was to introduce such a specialized prenatal consultation service and assess its impact on outcomes of CHD fetuses. Methods: We initiated specialized prenatal consultation in a referral tertiary cardiac center in southern China in 2013. A multidisciplinary team serves as consultants in this service and is especially responsible by two pediatric cardiologists in regular outpatient clinics. We included CHD fetuses diagnosed from 2011 to 2015 consecutively. They were divided into before (2011-2013) and after (2014-2015) specialized prenatal consultation groups and their perinatal outcomes, delivery location and early postnatal survival were compared. Risk factors for term.. View more»
  

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