Exploring the feasibility of using long-term stored newborn dried blood spots to identify metabolic features for congenital heart disease screening

• Main Authors: Scott R. Ceresnak (Author), Yaqi Zhang (Author), Xuefeng B. Ling (Author), Kuo Jung Su (Author), Qiming Tang (Author), Bo Jin (Author), James Schilling (Author), C. James Chou (Author), Zhi Han (Author), Brendan J. Floyd (Author), John C. Whitin (Author), Kuo Yuan Hwa (Author), Karl G Sylvester (Author), Henry Chubb (Author), Ruben Y. Luo (Author), Lu Tian (Author), Harvey J. Cohen (Author), Doff B. McElhinney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents a significant contributor to both morbidity and mortality in neonates and children. There's currently no analogous dried blood spot (DBS) screening for CHD immediately after birth. This study was set to assess the feasibility of using DBS to id...