The impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on neonatal cardiac development

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how gestational diabetes mellitus impacts the development of the heart in newborns.
• Evaluation of cardiac health in neonates born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus
• Review of existing literature on GDM and cardiac outcomes
• Discussion on monitoring strategies for affected pregnancies.
• Gestational diabetes mellitus is linked to abnormal cardiac development in neonates
• Routine evaluation of fetal and postnatal cardiac function is recommended for affected pregnancies
• Further studies are necessary to explore underlying mechanisms.