Cardiovascular risks in infants born with reproductive technologies

Russia is on the second place among European countries in the number of completed cycles of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). The proportion of children conceived using ART becomes annually higher. The present review summarises data on the impact of new reproductive technologies on the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases are presented. Potential health risks in the introduction of ART in babies born are discussed in numerous studies, the impact on all stages of embryo- and organogenesis is noted. The greatest problem is a possible increase in the incidence of congenital malformations (CM) in children after ART compared to the latter in the natural population. The frequency of CM is due not only to the use of APT, but also to factors such as genetic characteristics, age and state of health of the mother, aggravated obstetric-gynecological history, multiplicity, low birth weight of the fetus. In children conceived with ART, often appear early symptoms of systemic endothelial dysfunction, metabolic disorders (lipid metabolism, glucose level), congenital heart defects (interventricular septum defect, small cardiac development abnormality (false chord), open arterial duct, open oval window). There is a need to improve prenatal diagnostics of CM in early pregnancy and regular medical examinations of children conceived with ART.

assisted reproductive technologies, cardiovascular risk, congenital heart defects, congenital malformations, endothelial dysfunction, lipid metabolism disorders

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