Exploratory Observational Prospective Study in Neonatal and Pediatric Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

CDH is associated with lung hypoplasia, pulmonary hypertension, and left ventricular hypoplasia. Use of new STE techniques (heart ultrasound) showed that CDH newborns have decreased LV size and function, potentially explaining the non-response to iNO, and that these cardiac findings were associated with poor outcomes. Our hypothesis: CDH newborns persist to have some degree of LV hypoplasia in the pediatric and adolescent life and pulmonary pressures remain increased during growth. Patients with decreased cardiac performance by STE and/or with PH have higher concomitant neonatal or pediatric morbidities and altered neurodevelopmental profile